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An enjoyable Arachne, perhaps a shade more difficult than the usual Quiptic. Thanks Arachne – a great job at setting puzzles at both ends of the difficulty spectrum. Definitions are underlined in the … Read more >>
Something of a surprise – but I’m not complaining! – to see Brendan’s name again so soon, on an interesting puzzle with cleverly interlinking clues, which all fell out without too much difficulty … Read more >>
An easier than usual puzzle this week, which I completed in just over an hour and a half, although I am still puzzled by the wordplay to 9 down. It’s a 13 by … Read more >>
I find Poins one of the more difficult IoS setters, and I wasn’t quite sure what to make of this offering. If I’m being critical, this crossword lacked a bit of sparkle; and … Read more >>
The puzzle includes one or two things which might be less well known to some, but I do not see any great difficulties. Across 1. One unable to cope with everyday life in … Read more >>
I’m always happy to tackle a Nestor crossword. Solving was similar to my previous experience of his work: A few accessible clues to get started. Several novel wordplay techniques to delight. A few … Read more >>
An entertaining and enjoyable Prize puzzle from Paul, with a mixture of straightforward and more complicated clues, with some interesting wordplay. Many thanks for the fun, Paul. Across 8 Covering back, a politician … Read more >>
An abundance of missing and added letters and words this week. To be precise, 15 omitted letters, 21 extra letters and 4 extra words. But a ‘single shot’. What could it all mean?
The usual pleasant solve from Phi today. I found it all fairly straightforward and have no major questions, except that the unchecked letters round the sides suggest that there is a Nina here, which … Read more >>
Ingenious and inventive Across 1 Fruit is back with rest, without question SILIQUE (fruit) IS< QU (question) in LIE (rest) 6 Apparently son is determining orbital point APSIS (point in … Read more >>
It’s ‘musical chairs’ today amongst some of the 225 bloggers. This is our first Guardian blog although we complete the puzzle most days over coffee or lunch. Having read the blog yesterday we … Read more >>
After a rocky start with 1A, this was plain sailing.
A mixed bag from Sleuth today: a handful of gems, some fantastic surfaces, and one or two stinkers. Still, variety is the spice of life and all that, so no complaints here. ACROSS … Read more >>
We’ve not blogged a Tees puzzle before so we approached today’s offering with a degree of trepidation although we always enjoy his puzzles. There were a number of clues that we solved but … Read more >>
This is a new setter for me. A check on the Guardian website shows her last crossword there was in July 2010. Initially I had nothing in the upper half, and had to … Read more >>