Guardian 28,187 / Paul
It’s Paul setting the challenge this morning, after nearly two weeks’ absence. Here we have an entertaining puzzle, with a variety of …
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Guardian Cryptic 28,186 by Qaos
A fun challenge – my favourites were 4ac, 9ac, 15ac, and 4dn. Thanks to Qaos… …there is a theme around SPINAL TAP, …
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 Cryptic 28,184 by Vulcan
The commenters on the Guardian website seem to like this one, so who am I to argue? I’ll be frank. This was …
Guardian 28,177 / Paul
A fun puzzle with a subtle theme of misdirections. I probably wouldn’t have noticed the theme here, except that I managed to …
Guardian Cryptic 28182 Picaroon
A nice challenge. Thank you to Picaroon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Act weakly to have debts seized by …
Guardian Cryptic 28,181 by Nutmeg
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28181. It takes me a while to get onto Nutmeg’s wavelength, so this was a slow …
Guardian 28,180 / Brendan
Brendan provides the midweek challenge in a clever puzzle with a theme that, especially with time on one’s hands, is not hard …
Guardian Cryptic 28,179 by Imogen
A tricky set of clues after what felt like a very quick start. I particularly liked the four outer clues, as well …
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 …
Guardian Prize 28,171 by Philistine
A themed puzzle from Philistine for this week’s puzzle in the prize slot. I had the pleasure of blogging Philistine’s puzzles four …
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 Cryptic 28175 Vlad
Thanks to Vlad for the challenge. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Crazy house internally a big let-down (6) BATHOS …
Guardian Cryptic 28,174 by Brummie
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28174. That slipped down fairly easily. Brummie often has a theme, but I do not see …
Guardian 28,173 / Crucible
I’m always pleased to see Crucible’s name on a puzzle and it seems a long time since I blogged one of his. …