Guardian Quiptic – Page 53

Guardian Quiptic 599 Pan

Mon May 9, 2011 at 6:40 pmMon May 9, 2011 at 12:25 pm by scchua

Quite a straightforward puzzle, putting it somewhere left of centre in the difficulty spectrum for a Quiptic. Thanks Pan. Also thanks to fellow blogger, flashling, from whom I’ve copied the additional idea of … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 598 / Arachne

Mon May 2, 2011 at 2:17 pmMon May 2, 2011 at 11:06 am by Big Dave

I really enjoyed today’s offering from Spiderwoman (the original Arachne in Greek Mythology was changed by Athene into a spider). All definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations … Read more >>

Quiptic 597/Nutmeg

Mon April 25, 2011 at 5:02 pm by Pierre

Called off the bench by Gaufrid as substitute blogger. I suspect the difficulty is that the Guardian website is still showing last week’s puzzle. Anyway, if anyone does access the crossword, then this … Read more >>

Quiptic 596/Hectence

Mon April 18, 2011 at 12:30 pmMon April 18, 2011 at 9:37 am by Pierre

A well-clued and straightforward puzzle from Hectence today, with only a couple of clues falling into the more difficult category. dd double definition cd cryptic definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator Across … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 595 Orlando

Mon April 11, 2011 at 7:49 amMon April 11, 2011 at 7:14 am by scchua

Once I got going, it was quite smooth. Some nice clues. Thanks Orlando, enjoyed this. Across 9 Going out to Chile in old age (9) NEOLITHIC : Anagram(Going out) of TO CHILE IN. … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 594 / Pan

Mon April 4, 2011 at 2:26 pmMon April 4, 2011 at 11:31 am by Big Dave

A puzzle well-suited to the Quiptic genre. A few nice clues but nothing out of the ordinary. All definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in the … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic N° 593 by Arachne

Mon March 28, 2011 at 12:08 pmMon March 28, 2011 at 3:50 am by PeterO

An amusing offering from the Spider Woman, notable for some fine surfaces. Across 1. Exclusive property, often used in films (7,7) SPECIAL EFFECTS Charade of SPECIAL (‘exclusive’) + EFFECTS (‘property’). 8. A month … Read more >>

Quiptic 592/Nutmeg

Mon March 21, 2011 at 11:41 amMon March 21, 2011 at 9:49 am by Pierre

Apart from a couple of niggles, I enjoyed this puzzle. There was an interesting variety of clues and of subject matter. Football fans will be familiar with the term ‘nutmeg’, where a player … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 591 Moley

Mon March 14, 2011 at 4:33 pmMon March 14, 2011 at 1:00 pm by scchua

(Prologue) This is my maiden blog. I could say “be gentle with me” but I won’t. All comments are welcome – part and parcel of the learning curve for me. Commenters during the … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 590 / Hectence

Mon March 7, 2011 at 8:00 am by Big Dave

I found nothing particularly noteworthy in this workmanlike puzzle. As 10 of the 28 clues involved anagrams it was easy to solve but lacked variety. All definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic – New Blogger Required

Mon March 7, 2011 at 1:17 pmSun March 6, 2011 at 6:22 pm by Admin

A vacancy has arisen on the Quiptic blogging team. If anyone is interested in joining the team please email me at: admin{at}fifteensquared{dot}net. The commitment would be for a blog every fourth week, to … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic No 589 by Orlando

Mon February 28, 2011 at 2:44 pmMon February 28, 2011 at 3:30 am by PeterO

Together with the Rufus, we have a veritable blizzard of double definitions today. Across 1. Where Marco Polo went in a yacht, wandering (6) CATHAY Anagram (‘wandering’) of ‘a yacht’. Cathay is an … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 588/Pan

Mon February 21, 2011 at 8:49 am by Pierre

I thought this was a super puzzle from Pan – just right for a Quiptic, with everything clearly clued and some smooth surface readings. It’s been mentioned several times since we started the … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 587 / Arachne

Mon February 14, 2011 at 10:16 am by Gaufrid

I cannot comment as to how this puzzle compares with other Quiptics with regard to degree of difficulty because I haven’t solved one since my original blog, published when we first started covering … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 586 / Beale

Wed February 9, 2011 at 9:27 amMon February 7, 2011 at 10:31 am by Big Dave

While I enjoyed this puzzle, I thought it was a bit on the hard side for a Quiptic. All definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in … Read more >>