Guardian 28,222 – Boatman
A timely puzzle from Boatman, which I found rather easier than some of his offerings. The word “time” occurs in over half …
Andrew
Guardian 28,215 – Vlad
A tough challenge from the impaler today, with a political flavour to many of the clues. I see ACE across the middle …
Azed 2513
Quite a tricky one this week I thought, with a lot of unfamiliar words in both answers and wordplay. Everything worked out …
Guardian 28,208 – Vulcan
A very Monday-ish puzzle from Vulcan today; though light on the cryptic definitions, unusually. A quick but pleasant solve: thanks to Vulcan. …
Guardian 28,206 – Paul
A typical Paul puzzle that was not easy but gave up its secrets at a satisfying rate, with a couple of bits …
Guardian 28,199 – Tramp
Phew, that was hard, made harder by the rather unfriendly grid, though the split answer at 1,13 and the cross-reference between 6 …
Guardian 28,192 – Brummie
Mostly very straightforward clueing from Brummie today, and a quick solve for me, though I was held up by the parsing of …
Guardian 28,185 – Pasquale
Pasquale in gentle mood today, with almost no obscurities (for me, anyway: others may disagree). Mostly very straightforward clueing, with a couple …
Guardian 28,178 – Carpathian
I initially thought this was Carpathian’s debut in the Cryptic slot, but a little research showed me that I had in fact …
Azed 2507
A quick start on this: after my first pass through the clues I found I’d solved 18. This would normally have been …
Guardian 28,176 – Tramp
After a brief slow start everything suddenly fell into place, and this ended up as a pretty quick solve. Good fun though: …
Guardian 28,169 – Nutmeg
Another top-quality puzzle from Nutmeg: a good range of difficulty in the clues, with some of the six double definitions (perhaps verging …
Guardian 28,162 – Matilda
I think this is Matilda’s second appearance in the Cryptic slot, after a distinguished career as a Quiptic setter. I was the …
Guardian 28,155 – Imogen
Tricky stuff from Imogen today: after what felt like a good start, including the two helpful long downs, I ground to a …
Guardian 28,148 – Vulcan
I found this a bit harder than usual for Vulcan, probably because of the large (some might say excessive) number of double …