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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 29, 2015 I was very pleased to find a new Rosa Klebb puzzle waiting for me last weekend. And I enjoyed solving it despite a … Read more >>
A difficult puzzle which I made harder for myself than necessary.
A tricky little number from Don today.
Another puzzle from Dac with a set of good surfaces to the clues, but … I am left wondering about the frequent (well, three) use of the word ‘wanting’ in … Read more >>
First my (Hi) very grateful thanks to Ho for his solution to this difficult offering from Phi. I was sailing back from Devon in rough seas and not a little rain at the … Read more >>
Nothing to “gurn” about here.
The usual very nice workout from Raich; not really demanding, but enough to cause someone like me to stop and think from time to time. I had no quibbles with any of the clues: they all seemed to be sound and some of them, like (and here I look through the clues to find ones to quote and nothing really stands out either positively or negatively, but perhaps) 6dn and 7dn were good.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26671.
A welcome appearance in the Quiptic slot of every solver’s favourite Spice Girl.
* = anagram [] = removed A(mpere) = abbreviation Hoskins is a completely new setter and that always makes things a little tricky, as you don’t quite know what to expect. I found … Read more >>
This is the first Monday Guardian cryptic that I have solved for many, many months but I see that Rufus is still following his remit of providing a puzzle suitable for beginners and … Read more >>
Blimey, this was a bit of a workout. I’ve actually only just finished it after returning several times over the week. Good stuff though, and plenty of interesting and unfamiliar terms to get … Read more >>
On my scale of “how much did I finish while and shortly after eating my breakfast?” I think this one came in as medium-strength. A good selection of unfamiliar words, but even these … Read more >>
Another excellent offering from Everyman. I enjoyed solving and blogging this one, partly because it has given me the chance to chunter on about a couple of pieces of English usage that are … Read more >>