Guardian 26,490 / Rufus
Don’t worry – this is not a complete take-over of the Guardian blogging slot: because of the way the rota works, my …
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Guardian Prize 26,483 / Philistine
The first Philistine puzzle this year and it’s many months since I got to blog one, so this was a real treat …
Guardian 26,488 / Brummie
I didn’t know what to expect after a quite remarkable week of puzzles, so, before I went to bed, I sneaked a …
Guardian 26,481 / Paul
A mixture of some very succinct / straightforward clues [the last three, for instance] which wouldn’t be out of place in a …
Guardian 26,474 / Otterden
I’m going to echo Andrew’s preamble to his blog of the most recent Otterden puzzle: ‘I haven’t been particularly impressed by Otterden’s …
Guardian 26,467 / Nutmeg
I see that in the preamble to my last blog of a Nutmeg puzzle I referred to the elegance of the clues, …
Guardian prize 26,459 / Puck
What a treat to get a Puck puzzle for my first Prize blog of the new year! I solved and blogged this …
Guardian 26,460 / Rufus
Apologies for the late appearance of the blog – I managed to delete it on the point of posting. The first Monday …
Guardian 26,458 / Paul
A pretty straightforward offering from Paul this morning but several clues raised a wry smile. Thanks, Paul – I enjoyed it. …
Guardian 26,132 / Rufus
A typical Rufus medley of some nice anagrams, together with the usual sprinkling of double definitions, some of which I thought were …
Guardian Prize 26,125 / Brummie
I found this generally pretty straightforward for a Prize puzzle, the only problems arising through my own stupid obstinacy. There are quite …
Guardian 26,130 / Puck
Friday the thirteenth but nothing sinister in this basket of fruit [nothing given away, I think – like Brendan’s ‘sense’, on Monday, …
Guardian 26,123 / Gordius
A pretty straightforward puzzle from Gordius, which, yet again, I have to describe as a fairly typical mixed bag of easy clues …
Guardian 26,109 / Puck
A typically playful and witty Puck puzzle, with lots of ingenious wordplay and misdirection, together with great surfaces. Many thanks to Puck …
Guardian Prize 26,101 / Enigmatist
Enigmatist: a name to strike fear, I think, into many a Guardian solver’s heart – and not least that of the one …