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Guardian Quiptic 1167 Pasquale

Mon March 28, 2022 at 9:15 pmMon March 28, 2022 at 9:27 am by scchua

Thank you to Paasquale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8. Coastal road — gosh, a suitable place! (8) CORNICHE : COR!(like “gosh!”, an expression of surprise) + NICHE(a suitable place, one … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 1,166/Carpathian

Mon March 21, 2022 at 8:13 am by Pierre

Always a pleasure when I click open the Quiptic and see that Carpathian is the setter. Another delightful and accessible puzzle for beginners from her this morning. There are two little points of … Read more >>

Quiptic 1,165 by Anto

Mon March 14, 2022 at 10:37 am by Quirister

Anto’s usual trickier-than-your-average Quiptic. Contains strong language.

Guardian Quiptic 1,164/Chandler

Mon March 7, 2022 at 10:06 am by Pierre

A debut Quiptic puzzle from Chandler, and a fine one it was too. I can only find one Chandler puzzle in the archive, and that was a Genius back from 2019. This was … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 1163 Matilda

Mon February 28, 2022 at 8:30 am by scchua

Thank you to Matilda. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9. Good place to leave a boat in Alaska? (9) ANCHORAGE : Cryptic defn: Name of a port(a good place to leave … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 1,162/Hectence

Mon February 21, 2022 at 3:06 pmMon February 21, 2022 at 9:45 am by Pierre

Hectence is a long-established and reliable setter of Quiptics. I have one or two niggles in this one, however. It’s still a puzzle that beginners would enjoy, I have to say. It was … Read more >>

Quiptic 1,161 by Anto

Mon February 14, 2022 at 9:30 am by Quirister

An enjoyable puzzle with a good variety of clue types – though, typically for Anto, perhaps not as easy as some Quiptics.

Guardian Quiptic 1,160/Carpathian

Mon February 7, 2022 at 12:39 pmMon February 7, 2022 at 8:14 am by Pierre

Always a pleasure to solve and blog a Carpathian puzzle. A Quiptic that hits the mark for the target audience, with the bonus of being a pangram. There will be someone out there … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 1159 Pasquale

Mon January 31, 2022 at 6:11 am by scchua

Thank you to Pasquale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Soldiers to yield or retreat (6) RECEDE : RE(abbrev. for the Royal Engineers, soldiers in the British Army) + CEDE(to yield/to … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 1,158/Hectence

Mon January 24, 2022 at 1:43 pmMon January 24, 2022 at 9:12 am by Pierre

Hectence on good form this morning, with a Quiptic that was well-constructed and fairly clued, and which would have been a good challenge for the beginner. There were a few that took me … Read more >>

Quiptic 1,157 by Pan

Mon January 17, 2022 at 10:13 am by Quirister

A well-designed Quiptic: the usual tricks for beginners to learn, and nothing too obscure.

Guardian Quiptic 1,156/Anto

Mon January 10, 2022 at 9:23 am by Pierre

There’s no escape from Anto today, since he’s also compiled the cryptic in the paper. This at least looked like it was written specifically as a Quiptic offering. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>

Quiptic 1,155 by Carpathian

Mon January 3, 2022 at 9:00 am by Quirister

I always enjoy Carpathian’s puzzles; not necessarily easy, but always fair.

Guardian Quiptic 1,154/Pasquale

Mon December 27, 2021 at 7:59 am by Pierre

A textbook Quiptic from the Don. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined Across 1 Reveal end … Read more >>

Quiptic 1,153 by Hectence

Mon December 20, 2021 at 10:09 am by Quirister

A slightly more challenging Quiptic than usual today.