Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. March 6, 2008 at 9:50 amSun 9 May 2021 19. A bit of an unexciting Dante crossword. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 1 We men are at the top of church’s structure (12) STEEPLEJACKS: JACKS(plural of male name for men) +(at) STEEPLE(the top of church’s structure literally). The insertion indicator is ‘edged with’. Much to enjoy in this crossword, especially the cryptic definitions at 16ac and 13dn, so thanks Hamilton for those, and thanks Jed for the blog. Monday and it’s Filbert again, never an easy task from a blogging point of view. Across; No. This home was built in 1980 and last sold on. July 3, 2023 by Quirister. Hectence has been setting the Quiptic for many years and is a bit of a specialist in the form. Across: 1: GET AHEAD: Understand a source to make progress (3,5): GET + A + HEAD. Guardian Quiptic 1,230/Pasquale. So here’s a highly retrospective blog to fill the hole in an otherwise unbroken sequence. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 14, 2017. The ever-reliable Hectence provides our entertainment today. Clue: Wordplay: Entry: 1 . 00 EST. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Sun 25 Jun 2023 19. Independent 11,446 by Filbert. 1ac I did it all right – but it felt wrong enjoying it (6,8) [ wordplay: what “I did it” might be an example of + synonym for “all right”] [GUILTY PLEA + SURE] [ definition: it felt. Not over-taxing for a Tuesday, but plenty to admire and enjoy in this rather elegant composition. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and. Virtually every word in each clue plays an important part in the wordplay or definition with only a few additonal link words to improve the surface. A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. It also has a presence in the US and Australia as Guardian US and Guardian Australia. Solving time: probably 35’ total with lots of interruptions. Independent 11,446 by Filbert. Fairly straightforward puzzle, I thought – solving time, 16 mins * = anagram < = reversed. Good morning, Quiptic crossworders. The umpteenth Inquisitor from Phi. It is published on. Today’s CrypticsIt’s been three months since we last saw Mass but again he has come up with a themed puzzle that provided a great deal of enjoyment, at least once 8A/2 had been solved. And it’s a pangram, which I think is something Hectence makes a point of. Read more >>This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. June 29, 2015 by newmarketsausage. This type of clue is one of the reasons that many solvers don’t appreciate Anto’s efforts at compiling a Quiptic puzzle. I have in my hand a piece of paper…and unfortunately this is the last time I will be able to say that about a newsprint copy of an Indy Prize Cryptic (;+<)Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 25, 2016 I found this an easier Mudd than the previous two and a puzzle clued with some fine surfaces. Always a challenge but always fair. A web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry. The Guardian. The thematic content was a ‘anagram and one letter change’ 7-letter word chain, the first and last words of which came from extra letters in across clue wordplay, and the rest from unclued answers. MOON might have its third quarter replaced by that of LUNATION giving. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 8. Whilst compiling an index to the Inquisitor blogs, I noticed that there was an early one missing from May-07. The Guardian. 9: MOHAIRComments on: Quiptic 1,231 by Chandler @expelliarmus16, school is a collective noun for fish. Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius Email guardian. My clue of the week is 3d (CAGE) and I also would pick out 5d (LITERATE). Bruce and Sheila are stereotypical Australian male and female names respectively. This one, the first in 2018, seems to mark a farewell to Monday Prize puzzles. Many will welcome Armonie on a Monday, including me. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. June 19, 2023 June 19, 2023 by flashling. Chandler has set a fair Quiptic. Chandler has set a fair Quiptic. A seasonal touch when 1 down and 11 down are looked at together. Solving time, 21 mins. I've been spending most tube journeys recently teaching my daughter, mostly using the FT. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. 00 EST Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. And a bit of biblical stuff as well, which could fall into the same category. In clue order omitted letters spell the second part of the definition (six words) of a two-word phrase. 1. Having dealt with a few of Anto’s earlier puzzles in this slot, I was pleasantly surprised when the first few entries went in more or less. cad clue as. Across: 1: JAY WALK: Don’t use 25, OK?German youth leader overturns rule by king (7) JA (OK, ‘yes’ in German) + Y[outh] + reversal [overturns] of LAW (rule) + K (king) When you ‘jaywalk’ you. with a rod and line; and 2nd: The space, measured in degrees, between two intersecting lines is an obtuse one when it is more than 90 degrees. This is an extremely popular crossword puzzle in which for sure you will pass some great time and. It means the god of love in Hindu mythology, or (uncapitalised) earthly desire. 18. I got off to a slow start and didn’t get anything until the last across clue, RETURN MATCH, but things improved when I got into the downs. The Hamilton Spectator. Nutmeg’s Wednesday offering was challenging, but fun and fair. ANGLE : Double defn: 1st: To. pathetic, of TOERAG) 9ASolving time: 1h+ Ah, Araucaria. I initially thought this must be something used in fly. ACROSS. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Lor! Oh so good. In this second sense it qualifies as an & lit clue. Generally straightforward with some clever clues here and there. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. After the splendid classical music themed Indy 7,148 of a few weeks ago, I was pleased to open the newspaper and find that I was blogging a further Radian puzzle. Guardian Quiptic 1,230/Pasquale. I made an absolute pig’s ear of this puzzle. To those of you expecting a Dac crossword you should be aware that today is an important day in musical and operatic history. I was coming along fine until the last 5 clues which took me thrice as long as the rest of the puzzle. Excellent puzzle from Dac, as usual, solving time 14 mins * = anagram < = reversed. 28 clues need 2 or 3 letters to be removed (spelling out a quotation missing a word) and the rest need a. Mainly got stuck in the SE corner. Convoluted wordplay – solved from the def. Solving time: 1. Some rather tricky clues today which meant that this was far from a quick solve for me. The latter is one of those words that I ever pronounce the same way twice in a row. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 18 Comments. Newer Puzzles >>> The Guardian is one of the world’s leading English. I made my way quickly through this puzzle. Things have all got a bit tawdry recently, haven’t they…still, we have the ‘sunlit uplands’ to look forward to…are we there yet?… Read more >>Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 1800. (“bits of Hong Kong”) Pachinko is a Japanese game. I thought that this puzzle was quite tough for a Tuesday morning, or maybe my brain is starting to wind down for the festive season. Matilda appears comparatively infrequently as our Quiptic setter, but I always enjoy solving and blogging her puzzles. Chandler provides our Quiptic challenge today. 3 Unease, with male garrison going to dance DISCOMFORT. The purpose of this site is to provide a daily analysis of, and commentary on, the cryptic puzzles published in the Financial Times, Guardian and Independent (Inquisitor in the i, Enigmatic Variations in the Sunday Telegraph and Cyclops in Private Eye are covered as well). Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Definitions are underlined in the clues. “In each clue, one word must take flight before solving, replacing the escapee from the next clue (or first across clue from the last down clue). Speedy 1445 <<< Older Puzzles. dd double definition. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. The wordplay is accessible, so with help from good old Wikipedia, it wasn’t too tough. Categories Guardian. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Guardian Quiptic 1,184/Matilda July 25, 2022 by Pierre Matilda appears comparatively infrequently as our Quiptic setter, but I always enjoy solving and blogging her puzzles. The show began in 1978 on BBC1 and was one of the longest-running. Standard Dante fare, nothing to be afraid of. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Across; 1: VERBAL: hidden in oVERBALance: 5: PERISHED: PERI + SHED: 9: STRAIGHT: double definition: 10,29: BREATHTAKING: &Lit: 12: HONORARY: NOR (and not) in HOARY. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku. Across; No. No prize crossword today but a Farewell to Dante. Defn: Those who scale great heights, eg. I think “head” and “source” can both apply to the top bit of a river when it appears from the ground. I made an absolute pig’s ear of this puzzle. Set by: Matilda Sun 18 Aug 2019 19. Boatman and I capsized in. Ecological by Kruger. In this second sense it qualifies as an & lit clue. Quiptic 815 by Anto. You always know you are in for a carefully constructed and thoughtfully clued Quiptic when Pasquale is in the saddle. Surely a sad day for many crossword lovers. This was quite relaxingly enjoyable. Quiptic 1,201 by Anto. Thanks, Chifonie Quiptic 1231 <<< Older Puzzles. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. June 19, 2023 by Oriel. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 00 EST. 2 thoughts on “Financial Times 12,699 by Cinephile — A puzzle for bird brains?” C G Rishikesh. Across; Clue No: Solution: Clue: Definition (with occasional embellishments) / Logic/parsing 8A: SHORTAGE: A lack of sex with husband – pathetic toerag (8) a lack of / S (sex) + H (husband) + ORTAGE (anag, i. Chandler has set a fair Quiptic. BASHFUL (the name of one of the seven dwarfs in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs). In any event, I needed to resort to an email friend (PB) to get jump-started. Today, the crossword editor of the FT wrote: The first Financial Times crossword to be set by Dante, Roger Squires, was published on May 27 1982. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 24 Comments. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. But some head-scratching certainly required for this sluggish solver, with a number of clues taking a little unravelling. At first, I thought this was going to be a write-in as the first two across answers slotted in without a thought, but gradually the puzzle started to present some more challenging clues, and in the end I have not quite managed to complete it, as I have three possible answers to 8dn, TANDEMS, TENDERS and TANKERS none of which work properly for me. Perfectly worded clues, credible surface readings, variety, and a satisfied solver at the end. Across. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Excellent crossword from Morph today. 00 EDT Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. 00 EDT. Quiptic 1,221 by Hectence April 10, 2023 by Quirister It’s Hectence’s turn to provide a Quiptic this week. Tougher than Falcon’s usual, with all his elegance and breadth of references. There were some carefully-constructed clues in this Quiptic from Anto, but as so often with this setter, a number of imprecisions which would have made it harder – and more frustrating – for those in the ‘beginners’ category. This has all I’ve learnt to expect from a Phi puzzle. No printing errors! At least none that I can see, thank you to whoever has taken up the challenge. Sun 24 Sep 2023 19. who has been trying to learn cryptic crosswords with the weekly Quiptic. Three easy hidden words gave a good start and many fine clues along the way afforded much entertainment. cd cryptic definition. Surely a sad day for many crossword lovers. This one went in steadily, with only one less well known word – a bit of a trademark from this setter. This Wednesday we have a puzzle from Bluth. No special comments; the clues I liked best were the simplest ones, e. Print | Accessible version. Convoluted wordplay – solved from the def. There are some lovely surfaces: I liked the baddie having a moment of self-doubt in 13a, the rather exciting international match in 17a, the self-referential 1d. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Learn how your comment data is processed. Quiptic 815 by Anto. The people living in ZIP code 27610 are primarily black or African American. That is still true here, but I think this one is a little more difficult. A special puzzle to mark a special day as Nimrod and Jetdoc marry. and crossing letters, and only sorted out that anagram for the blog. I think this is Matilda’s second appearance in the Cryptic slot, after a distinguished career as a Quiptic setter. Quiptic crossword No 1,231. crosswords​@theguardian. 10 thoughts on “Independent on Sunday, 1,224 – Kairos”. Speedy, Everyman and Azed Email observer. 11 Supporting beam, very much still aliveA tough challenge from BRADMAN this Friday. ACROSS. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 12a (CUBA). September 11, 2023 at 7:36 am . It also has a slightly higher than average population density. ‘In GOOD AUSPICES, answers to unclued entries in single-digit positions are thematically related; those at 11 (so they say) belong to a later set. A good Quiptic-level puzzle, with mostly. Here we have another great puzzle from Mudd. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Sun 5 Mar 2023 19. Clear cluing, no obscurities, and enough stuff to keep the improving solver interested as well. Set by: Pasquale. I think the word “the” fits the grammar-related meaning of “determiner”. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. This is an extremely popular crossword puzzle in which for sure you will pass some great time and also keep your brain sharp with all the interesting crossword clues found on each day on The Guardian Quiptic Crossword puzzles. Kids’ TV show called what? It’s set in a wooded glen (6,4) (RANG [called] + EH [what?]) contained in (set in) GILL (wooded glen)G (RANG E H) ILL. 00 EDT Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. A typical Dante crossword that was, of course, no match for the two FT puzzles that followed (Redshank, Loroso) as far as difficulty is concerned. Quiptic crossword No 1,216. Print | Accessible version. 1 How youth get carried away? There’s benefit around new theatre. Quiptic 1,237 by Chandler. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. I say almost because I think it is let down by 26ac and to a lesser extent by 22ac. A rare Friday appearance from ARTEXLEN, thanks to whom for a good workout. Classic. Flitwick, one of the latest additions to the Indy compiling team, has provided this week’s Wednesday puzzle. Set by: Anto. 00 EST. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Chandler has set a fair Quiptic. After this actor was used by Mordred on Monday, I put him into my memory bank, but he’s there again on his 28th birthday as the Indy recorded today. Sun 1 Jan 2023 19. 3: TROM=rev(mort),PE – yes, “it’s an apparatus for producing a blast of air in a furnace…” thus a reasonable alternative to a bellows. A typical Everyman, smooth surfaces, clear wordplay and definitions, no obscurities, a pleasure to solve and blog. Quiptic 1231. FF: 10 DD: 9A straightforward offering from Alberich today, thanks to whom for this pleasant challenge. Another reliable enjoyable puzzle from Phi. May 22, 2023 by Widdersbel. a) 9A: “Shrek’s kind” to give “ogres” seems rather feeble. Anto has a quirky style that doesn’t please everyone, and is on record as saying that he likes to challenge solvers rather than give them an easy ride. Across: 1: SPINOZA: 2’s handling of media with lightweight article SPIN (handling of media) + OZ (ounce) + A = Baruch Spinoza , a 17C Dutch PhilosopherSun 4 Jun 2023 19. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. For the first time since I started blogging here, I am moved to seriously criticise a puzzle. I have in my hand a piece of paper…and unfortunately this is the last time I will be able to say that about a newsprint copy of an Indy Prize Cryptic (;+<) Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 25, 2016 I found this an easier Mudd than the previous two and a puzzle clued with some fine surfaces. Guardian Quiptic 1,234/Pasquale. 11: U-SHAPED – (HEADS UP)*. Your regular blogger Scchua is away, so you’ve got me today folks as the occasional stand-in for my first FT blog. June 29, 2015 by newmarketsausage. Crossword. Learn how your comment data is processed. Quick crossword No 16,664. 14. I reckon she knows what she’s doing. Across; 8/9: ARETHA FRANKLIN — the rather difficult wordplay is ((heart)* Frank) in {P}alin — Sarah Palin is evidently keen to be regarded as a hockey mom: at least that is how the press tends to portray her1: FEE(DLO)T – old* in FEET. GRANGE HILL (British television drama series aimed at children, originally made by the BBC. Guardian Quiptic 1,240/Pasquale. Set by: Anto. 5 Stupendous borders edged with flowers and yet more flowers. BLOSSOMS. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. General Chapters: <1231> WATER FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES. Crosswords Blog Quick Cryptic Prize Weekend Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed Quiptic A web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 27, 2015. Some unusual words made this one a little harder for me than some recently from Quixote. Ribosomes are organelles found in cells that translate mRNA into proteins: 9. Guardian Quiptic 819 Pan. I was surprised to see Paul in the Prize spot for the second week running – but we had had Picaroon and Philistine on the previous two days and so I perhaps should have guessed. Set by: Matilda. Zillow has 41 photos of this $949,900 3 beds, 2 baths, 1,689 Square Feet condo home located at 1231 McKenzie St #6, Victoria, BC V8V 2W6 built in 2002. Preamble: Seven of a set of ten are to appear clockwise in the perimeter. 10 . : 5: Ganges: Gangs around E. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 16, 2014. Today’s CrypticsTime on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 5 bath property. An enjoyable puzzle – nothing too obscure, although there are a few slightly. It took me a long time, but that was because it was good and difficult, and the delay was almost entirely the result of my own incompetence. Quick crossword No 16,664. 25A is quite brilliant, and there’s a self-referential clue at 19A (the setter Everyman is the same as Falcon). Clue No: ANSWER (GRID ENTRY) Clue with definition underlined: Explanation, with quoted indicators in italics and letters appearing in the ANSWER capitalised and emboldened: Across: 1a: PATTI (PITTA) Maybe Smith Institute, think tank all parties originally backed (5): Institute, Think Tank All Parties: first letters (originally). I found this pretty hard, especially the top half of the grid. Harder than usual for Phi – especially because of the title above. Newer Puzzles >>> The Guardian is one of the world’s leading English-language newspaper websites along with its sister papers, The. “One Fine Day” is the English translation of “Un Bel Di” from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. March 30, 2023 by manehi. Across: 1: EL NINO: Disrupter of weather patterns represented on-line (2,4) (ON LINE)* 4: DATE LINE: Where we change from day to day (4,4) Cryptic definition The International Date Line is an imaginary North-South line to the east of which it is one day earlier than it is to the west. Set by: Anto. Across. An update from John Henderson regarding accommodation at York Racecourse: I’m led to believe that non-S&B bookings are coming up fast on the rails – and if people want a cheap weekend in York, they should get in touch, or we’ll not be able to guarantee places/reserve a few extra. Provis appears to be a brand new setter, who has started with a well-judged Quiptic, with nothing too hard for improving solvers. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 18 Comments. Favourites 9ac, 12ac, 15ac, 25ac, 7dn, 8dn, and 17dn. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Dunno about you but I made heavy weather of some of this, not helped by putting a wrong answer in 8d initially. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. And it’s a Babylonian astronomical cycle — rather long (3600 years). Find below all The Guardian Quiptic Crossword 1231 Answers. No, I hadn’t heard of him either: according to Wikipedia, he was a Greek philosopher and poet from the 5th century BC, and “not to be confused with Xenophon”. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. 1 What a barrister does is obvious (6,2,6) STANDS TO REASON Double definition. church spires, to do maintenance work on them. For the first time since I started blogging here, I am moved to seriously criticise a puzzle. Quiptic crossword No 1,246. Quiptic 1,253 by Bartland. I found this a thoroughly decent puzzle. SNAKEBOARDS N in SAKE + BOARDS (not in Chambers). Another beautifully crafted entry-level puzzle from Everyman and an illustration of the reason why I always recommend him to any mates who want to get into cryptics. Another superb Friday treat, this time from Alberich, thanks to whom for presenting a challenge that was equal parts fun as it was clever. The theme here – female names – became apparent pretty swiftly, and many of the answers fell into place in short order. Across: 1: AUTOMATIC PILOT: George, 8, is not used to land, of course (9,5): 8 down’s solution being ‘they say’, ‘George’ is the nickname for an aicraft’s automatic pilot. Quiptic 1,233 by Hectence. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Across; 8. Not the easiest of Quiptics, with a few awkward. It wouldn’t be Wednesday without Dac now, would it? This was another vintage Dac, in my humble opinion, this time one of medium difficulty on a grid that I did not recognise, with four long entries. Home yesterday from hospital with a viciously painful new knee. Quick crossword No 16,664. Across: 1: SPINOZA: 2’s handling of media with lightweight article SPIN (handling of media) + OZ (ounce) + A = Baruch Spinoza , a 17C Dutch PhilosopherThis was pretty much the opposite experience of the Raich puzzle with the World Cup theme. The Herald. Note: This was actually posted early in January 2010. Lots of fun from Qaos today. Sun 16 Apr 2023 19. Dunno about you but I made heavy weather of some of this, not helped by putting a wrong answer in 8d initially. Across; 1/15: IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: Pubic hair in settee removed with lint (not A1) – cynical excuse for tabloid exposé? (2,3,6,8) (PUBIC HAIR IN SETTEE + LINT – AI)* AInd: removed. Quiptic 1231. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. My clue of the week is 3d (CAGE) and I also would pick out 5d (LITERATE). Artexlen provides this morning’s FT challenge. Sun 21 May 2023 19. 00 EDT. Hectence has been doing Quiptics for quite a few years now, I think, and is very good at them,. A delightful puzzle from Wire to start the week. Across; 1: Antique black diamonds always found in half of boutique that’s disorganized (12, 3 words) — OBJET DE VERTU — (jet d ever) in (bout{ique})*: 10: Spite of old to detest in female beast (6) — MAUGRE — ma(ug)re — I’m not sure which of the bits ‘of old’ refers to (ug is an archaic word and so is maugre); usually Azed makes this clear. The stars next to each answer will guide you to the best answer for your clue. Ten answers are to. July 25, 2022 by Pierre. I don’t think this was one of Phi’s more inspired offerings; unless there is a theme I have missed, I suspect the construction started with the interlinking 11ac, 7dn and 21dn, which are three of the more original clues, but lots of the others were very standard fare with simple word breakdowns. Also, if you know the background or interests of the Independent crossword setters, you will not be surprised that a puzzle by Klingsor is the Independent offering today. The combination of cryptic definitions and very long anagrams meant I found this quite hard going, although it was quite satisfying to get through. After a slow start I unravelled most of it, but with some very dull moments like solving clues but forgetting they had to go into the grid (especially OCTET), not understanding wordplays (DRAY), not spotting anagram fodder (ARTISTS IN. Read more >>It’s Christmas! So it’s the giant 21×21 sized Eye crossword with some special feature. July 8, 2018 by Pierre. You. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. February 24, 2014 February 24, 2014 by Writinghawk. Sure to pick me up and many others I would think. Quite straightforward today, nothing obscure or contentious and decent surfaces in the main. You always know you are in for a carefully constructed and thoughtfully clued Quiptic when Pasquale is in the saddle. But I said that last time I blogged Pasquale, and most folk differed. About Fifteensquared. Solving time: About 30 mins; two missing, one wrong. L (learner) + AM (ante meridiem, so "in morning") with PP (pianissimo in music notation, so "very quiet") + OST ("east" in "German"). Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. WATER FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES. com. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. June 19, 2023 by Oriel. BUMPERS (cups or glasses filled to the brim for drinking a toast; big drinks) + TICKER (slang for the heart). The results will be in the highest-ranking order. 00 EDT. Chandler has set a fair Quiptic. Not surprisingly, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot provide a theme; despite half-expecting this I took a while to get 19dn, from which the linked clues followed easily, and generally this was not at all hard. Everyman No 3,999. After several weeks of harder than average Everymans (or should that be Everymen?) we seem to have returned to normal with a very accessible puzzle, though one that was still a pleasure to solve. Quick crossword No 16,664. This preamble could well be just a repeat of what I, and others, have been saying for many months. A crossword with the upper half considerably easier than the lower, with 14, 21d and 22d taking time/research to fill in. 59 thoughts on “Guardian Cryptic 29,100 by Vulcan”. Preamble: Ten entries, clued without definition, may be sorted into pairs to provide five names associated with a protagonist, X. XENOPH[ob]ES (those who hate foreigners) without OB (abbreviation for old boy = former pupil of a school), containing (pening) AN. Set by: Carpathian. Hidden in “erotica mainly”. Quiptic 1,231 by Chandler. After a slow start I unravelled most of it, but with some very dull moments like solving clues but forgetting they had to go into the grid (especially OCTET), not understanding wordplays (DRAY), not spotting anagram fodder (ARTISTS IN.