Guardian 28,157 / Tramp
Tramp sets the challenge today, with some straightforward charades and anagrams in the long answers to get things going. There’s characteristic ingenuity …
Eileen
Guardian 28,150 / Puck
I’m lucky enough to draw a Puck puzzle again today – and I think it might prove to be a marmite one. …
Guardian Prize 26,555 / Picaroon
Quite a few people in Cambridge last Saturday had done this puzzle on the way to the S and B and were …
Guardian 26,557 / Screw
I had it on good authority – from the horse’s mouth, as it were - in Cambridge on Saturday, that today would …
Guardian 26,550 / Rufus
I found this a bit tougher than the usual Rufus and enjoyed unravelling it. Nice clues at 13 and 18ac and 4, …
Guardian 26,548 / Qaos
I had decided to have a go at doing my own blog today [renewed thanks to Gaufrid for last week] – broken …
Guardian Prize 26,531 / Otterden
I know that Otterden has plenty of admirers here but regular readers will know that he does not feature in my long …
Guardian 26,534 / Atë
In view of the date, I was prepared for perhaps a Qaotic or Puckish puzzle but instead found a potentially daunting ‘new’ …
Guardian 26,527 / Picaroon
A Tuesday treat from one of my top favourite setters, brimming with a variety of the usual top-quality clues with great surfaces. …
Guardian 26,520 / Chifonie
A change from Rufus on a Monday but a similar mix of anagrams and charades – no cryptic definitions, though, which will …
Guardian 26,518 / Qaos
It’s been a most remarkable week for crosswords and we end it with one by another of my favourite setters, sparkling with …
Guardian Prize 26,507 / Paul
This was one of those puzzles which, at first glance, with all the cross-references, cause the heart to sink a little and, …
Guardian 26,511 / Paul
Lots of chuckles and a touch of déjà vu in a most enjoyable puzzle. Favourite clues: 1, 12, 20,18ac and 16dn. Many …
Guardian 26,504 / Brummie
I enjoyed solving this one. As one who delights in witty, story-telling surfaces, I’ve sometimes despaired of some of Brummie’s but there …
Guardian 26,497 / Brendan
It’s very good to see a Brendan puzzle again, relatively soon after his welcome return. As I solved this, I felt that …