Azed 2226 – Playfair
I’m glad to see I’m not the only blogger who gets worried when landing on a Playfair puzzle. “I admit to a …
Andrew
Guardian 26,486 – Shed
A good week for Guardian puzzles continues with a welcome return of Shed after a bit of a gap (his last weekday …
Guardian 26,479 – Brendan
A very welcome return by Brendan after an absence of more than six months. I thought this was going to be a …
Guardian 26,472 – Rufus
I’m short of time this morning, so please excuse the rather brief explanations below. A very Rufus-y Rufus today, with six double …
Guardian 26,470 – Crucible
For some reason I found this a bit of a slog while I was solving it, but looking back I see that …
Guardian 26,463 – Pasquale
A tough challenge from Pasquale, with quite a few names in the answers, which with the need for some “general knowledge” and …
Azed 2220 – Christmas Crackers
In six-and-a-half years of blogging Azed, this is the first time the luck of the draw has brought me a Christmas puzzle. …
Azed 2166
As Don Manley pointed out in a comment on Nick’s blog last week, Azed’s sound clueing often means that you can often …
Guardian 26,128 – Picaroon
This was one of those puzzles where I got almost nothing on my first pass through, but then everything suddenly started falling …
Guardian 26,121 – Arachne
A puzzle from the easy end of the Arachnid spectrum, apart from a couple that delayed me at the end, though no …
Guardian 26,114 – Rufus
Another Monday, another Rufus – not much more to be said, really! Across 1. DESERTION Leaving …
Guardian 26,112 – Tramp
A welcome return by Tramp after a couple of months’ absence. It isn’t giving anything away to say that the clues are …
Guardian 26,105 – Chifonie
A typically straightforward and well-crafted puzzle from Chifonie, with his usual generous helping of charades, but also a few rather nice anagrams. …
Guardian 26,098 – Qaos
Rather a strange mixture from Qaos today – some very obvious clues (e.g. 1a), but also some more complex constructions (e.g. 18a). …
Azed 2160
I found this mostly pretty easy, finishing it (so I thought) without aids in about half an hour, greatly helped by getting …