The annual lunch for Times setters is taking place on 30th May and this will be followed by a Sloggers and Betters get-together in The Town of Ramsgate (62 Wapping High Street E1) from 4:30pm onwards. Another enjoyable mixed bag from Cinephile. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. definitions are underlined. Print | Accessible version. EAT : 2nd, 4th and 6th letters of (. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Some tricky clues here. 8 Lawyer joins artist to find site of. Across. Quick crossword No 16,664. OBJECTOR: She opposes men on purpose (8) OBJECT (purpose) + OR (‘other ranks’, men), with an Arachne-style non-sexist “she”: 9. Gaufrid – October 2018. Set by: Guy. May 26, 2023 May 22, 2023 by Widdersbel. Prize puzzle from the weekend FT of April 10 Cincinnus keeps up his great style. Gaufrid in 1993. July 18, 2022 July 18, 2022 by scchua. Nice misdirection with ‘small pad’ seeming to reference a bedsit: 10: EARHOLE – E + A + ROLE around H. A straightforward start to the week from one of the masters of the cryptic definition. It’s TRIO as. The usual cryptic definitions galore as one expects from this setter. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Crossword Clues. (e) T(R)IE – not totally sure about the def here, but couldn’t make any other TRI? answer make more sense. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Here he comes up with a fresh way of clueing PINAFORE and finds a connection between LANCASHIRE HOTPOT and PRESTONPANS. The puzzle is from Monday 18 th June. Monday Prize Crossword on 21 June 2010 Another painless way to start the week, solving smooth clues and enjoying slick surfaces. There are five letters. There are some tricky clues, such as 27a (SWATCH), and one unusual meaning, 25a (AKIMBO). A steady-as-she-goes Everyman puzzle, with not too much to alarm (or thrill), but a good collection of clues at the shallow end of the pool. cad clue as definition. May 29, 2023 by Pierre. 1. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. crosswords​@theguardian. I also like Rosa’s Spoonerism clue, 9d (DUNGHILL), 1a (IMPISHLY), 13a (MYRRH) and 27a (DEARTH). A PDF of the crossword can be found here Exit 1 @ York 2018, for the interactive version look here and Pick Your Own. This type of clue is one of the reasons that many solvers don’t appreciate Anto’s efforts at compiling a Quiptic puzzle. This type of clue is one of the reasons that many solvers don’t appreciate Anto’s efforts at compiling a. A good one for less experienced solvers, I think; for this reason I’ve tried to give full explanations. Not a toughie, but a goodie: plenty of variety and invention here from Orense, though perhaps one too many hidden solutions. The Guardian Quiptic Crossword 1227 Answers CLICK ON ANY OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW TO SHOW THE FULL ANSWER ACROSS Grapple with story. ALUM A LUM[p]. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. The first of the extra letters in the word play. Guardian Quiptic 1,034/Hectence. Thanks, flashling. Quiptic crossword No 1,220. Our Quiptic puzzle is from Anto today. I counted 11 cryptic definitions and 5 double definitions in this puzzle, which seems a bit excessive – and makes it very easy if your brain’s working in the right mode. US lexicographer — Jacobean playwright (7) 11. In down clues these give the first of five sentences of a statement. 2,682 Plain; Independent on. Solving time: 20′ Another rather fast solve for me… though spent a couple of minutes at first staring until the first clue (EVITA) succumbed. This delayed me. 1227 (7,4) 7. Without the help of the anagrams, I think I would have found it even harder. Found TBRB quite useful — understatement of the year. Across; 1: A STIFF UPPER LIP : Hiker by border following dog with no lead, one kept by Briton? (1,5,5,3) [m]ASTIFF (dog with no lead) UPPER (hiker – as in raising something) LIP (border) The clue the provided the breakthrough in the top half and most of the puzzle, when I eventually got it – purely from definition and letter count. Brava, Matilda. (xxxx)* anagram. A combination of some very straightforward clues [eg 5ac, 16ac, 24ac, 4dn], a number of anagrams, including two excellent ones, and, unusually for Pasquale, only one word, I think, that could be called at all out of the ordinary. May 22, 2023 by Widdersbel. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Very enjoyable crossword from Bradman as always. Sun 12 Mar 2023 20. Everyman No 3,995. BLOSSOMS. Categories Guardian Quiptic 13 Comments. Contact the crossword editors. Two set s of clue amendments to produce two messages – extra letters to be removed from the clue and wordplay with an additional letter. Across: 1: GET A ROOM: What’s said when one’s due to be cuddled by future partner (3,1,4): ETA=estimated time of arrivale=”What’s said when one’s due”; inside/”cuddled by” GROOM=”future partner”; &lit definition: 5: CONDOM: Rubber rings held by campaigners next to motorway (6): O and O=”rings”; held by CND=Campaign for. A much welcome setter gives us a delectable offering to spice up our Fridays. A lot easier than the run-of-the-mill. Bravo/Brava to Chandler. A puzzle by our Editor this week, starting with the preamble: Answers to 17 clues are too short for the allowed space, and must be entered leaving one or more cells empty; solvers must shade the empty cells, and add one clue number to the grid, to complete a representation of the theme. I praised Mudd last time I blogged one of his puzzles and wonder if he was inspired by that to give us an especially good one. AMPUTEES: People like Nelson meet up. 26d was also yet to yield itself. A pleasant and easy outing with Rosa. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. dd double definition. 15 thoughts on “Independent on Sunday 1,734 by Italicus”. Thanks to Pan. So, another new setter has wandered into this space. It is published on theguardian. Clearly clued and with concise and meaningful surface readings. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. A letter must be inserted into all down and most across clues before solving. Nice puzzle with one clue I cannot explain. Pretty easy and straightforward DAC today. Print | PDF version | Accessible version. Financial Times Sunday No. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Didn’t like tar paper just seems a bit weak, too close to tarpaulin. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 3, 2015 . Sun 16 Apr 2023 19. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 30, 2014. Seeing the massive fall of snow in the UK, he must have wished he tarried longer down under or stopped over with Uncle Yap, 3 degree north of the equator and enjoying. I found this puzzle hard to get into, perhaps because, as I realised today, I have so little experience of solving Crosophile’s puzzles. Publications; The Guardian; Quiptic 1227; May 22, 2023Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Solving time: 13 minutes. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. com. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 1a, 25a, 2d, 4d, 6d amused me especially. tennis point. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 30, 2013. 00 EDT. A good one for less experienced solvers, I think; for this reason I’ve tried to give full explanations. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Lorraine: Nice easy plod along this week, had to look up 1 down and 7 down to confirm my guesses. S. November 2, 2015 November 2, 2015 by Pierre. Sun 4 Jun 2023 19. Across: 1: GET A ROOM: What’s said when one’s due to be cuddled by future partner (3,1,4): ETA=estimated time of arrivale=”What’s said when one’s due”; inside/”cuddled by” GROOM=”future partner”; &lit definition: 5: CONDOM: Rubber rings held by campaigners next to motorway (6): O and O=”rings”; held by CND=Campaign for. ) A straightforward puzzle, thanks to Armonie. Most of the people in old country (6) THE excluding the last letter (mostly) E + RACE (people). Quiptic crossword No 527. It was. Set by: Kite. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. Independent on Sunday 1,734 by Italicus. Agape is a Greco-Christian term referring to pure “love” 11: AVOCADO: Green Party pursues a. 1 U MP IRE. 6 Ten made to run around without information, forgetting disorder. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 21, 2015. Perhaps the day after a bank holiday is like a Monday, because this had a very Mondayish (or even Quiptic-ish) feel, with very straightforward clueing throughout. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. (DUE PROPER)* with ‘reconstruction’ as the. A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. 4 . and quite a challenge it was! A first reading the clues showed that there is a theme, with 3d the key word. Found this one really tough – maybe the “blogger’s curse” (anything you have to write about magically becomes harder), or maybe theme-word paranoia (clues that you know help with the gimmick become magically harder – coded. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. January 2, 2020 by Bertandjoyce. There was a nice bit of deception in the note above the puzzle which said that the four undefined clues “were connected with a comma”. com every MondayThe Guardian Quiptic 1227 May 22, 2023 Crossword Answers. 2,682 Plain; Independent on Sunday 1760 Shabbo; Independent No. 00 EDT. This was last week’s Christmas Eve puzzle so not surprisingly another seasonal theme but not cloyingly so: some toboggans, crackers, a carol, a miracle, a portent and bit too much drinking. Quiptic crossword No 727. Print | Accessible version. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Thank you to Hectence. An almost perfect offering from Wanderer… let down, at least in my opinion, by 28ac, where the setter appears to have added in “party” to aid the surface, but it is completely redundant as far as the wordplay is concerned, and the clue could actually have been OK without it. I like my birds and I love my cricket, so I couldn’t not have a good crack at this one. . 9 Run-down property due proper reconstruction DOER UPPER (DUE PROPER)* with ‘reconstruction’ as the. Independent 9064/Hob. Gaufrid in 1950. This grid is normally a stinker (it has twelve 9-letter words each with only four checked letters and its four quarters are connected by just a single square each at the centre) but it was more than justified in this case: all of the 9-letter words begin with ‘A’ and end in ‘T’ (all in unchecked cells) which is a pretty impressive feate of. I did manage it, but only because I was familiar with the ducks – I’d not have got many of them from the wordplay. Quiptic 1227. I may well have passed through this Devon town, but that would have been a very long time ago. This crossword didn’t give me much trouble. Across; 1: TYPE – dd: 3: PINCUSHION – CHOPINUSIN*. Across 1. You drew my attention to the fact that I hadn’t modified the ‘Preview’ plug-in so that the site matched the screenshot I generated earlier. Across 1. No doubt by late morning there will be an addition to the online puzzle of the ‘Special Instructions’ kind, where we will be treated to the missing. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. A grid with lots of letters with little black space – just how I like them. One of the reasons I struggled might be that there are no full anagrams (although there are shedloads of insertion clues). You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. The usual smattering of clever and nudge nidge wink wink clues as well. Sun 1 Jan 2023 19. My solving notes for TREASURE HUNT simply say ‘WOW!’ once I got to the end of this Herculean task… Yet another carte blanche – no bars, clue numbers or even enumerations! – but at least the clues are in ‘normal’ order, so it isn’t a pure jigsaw – I guess I have to be grateful for small mercies. Across; 1: SCORDATURA – SCOR[e] + DATURA. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. I am again having to stand in at the last moment and so another post prepared in a hurry with the consequential possibility of errors (though I hope not). You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Quiptic Quiptic crossword No 1,221. Learn how your comment data is processed. Financial Times Guardian Independent. 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. I don’t think I’ve blogged a Gurney puzzle before (though I’ve come across him as Raich in the Indie). I thought this was a very well executed theme as discovering the theme did not turn the clues into write-ins, I still had to think hard to work them out. Guardian Quiptic 1,228/Matilda. 9 With. Read more >> Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Abbreviations. I am away on holiday and about to start a long journey so I can’t spend any more time on this. Solved in just under 20 mins, a bit slower than usual for Virgilius, where a theme usually becomes clear to help the solver along. This type of clue is one of the reasons that many solvers don’t appreciate Anto’s efforts at compiling a Quiptic puzzle. Comprehend (8) 9. What a good day for puzzles, Loroso, Araucaria and Morph! We have a fairy tale theme from Morph today with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs featuring in the clues and Heigh Ho Heigh Ho appearing in the top and bottom rows of the grid. Sun 21 Apr 2002 19. March 13, 2023 by Quirister. I guess “mostly break down” is SCOR[e]. Thanks to Philistine. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence; Independent on Sunday 1,734 by Italicus; Azed 2656; Everyman 3,995;I completed left top corner first and then the right top. Across: 5. Print | Accessible version. I think the collective noun for octopi/octopdid/octoh whatever is ‘army’, and they have lots of arms! 10: APRIL –. Solving time, 41 mins. Across: 1: NIGHT OWL: Bird is close and drier having abandoned side of lake (5,3): Charade of NIGH (close) and TOWeL (minus ‘e’, having abandoned side of lake; nice misdirection on drier – here as a noun rather than as an adjective, although some would argue that the noun form should be spelt dryer)Don’t Get Me Wrong by Opsimath. Come Into Force by Apt. 12: SIZEABLE; ZEA (= maize) + B[readth] all in SILE – one of the few common words (though not the spelling I would use), but a tricky wordplay: I couldn’t remember ZEA and so this was one of my last entries despite the. . Read more >> Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. The preamble stated that the the puzzle commemorated significant anniversaries of two related events which occurred exactly 50 years apart. Cryptic crossword No 29,076. I liked 13 & 20 particularly. Across entries in the two top and bottom rows, and down entries in the four left and right columns had an extra letter in the wordplay not entered in the grid. His or her initial offering seems a mixed bag. Angela Brazil was (or indeed is) famous for her schoolgirl stories: 6. Quiptic 1227 <<< Older Puzzles. An enjoyable and relatively gentle end to the week. Across: 1. Comprehend (8) 9. Quiptic 1227. Wondered if there was a date-specific reason for this, but cannot see a theme. From Monday Prize Crossword on 20 Oct 2008 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram. Decorate (5) 13. There certainly were some challenging clues, but also some straightforward ones to get us started. Speedy 1441 <<< Older Puzzles. All welcome. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Guardian Quiptic 1183 Hectence. 9 Oddly your bit. Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius Email guardian. A challenge, but worth the effort. The results will be in the highest-ranking order. April 18, 2011 by Pierre. 1 Bill Dad’s accepted at centre of Faro inn? (5,3) I have been asked to draw your attention to Hugh Stephenson’s latest editor’s update which gives details of a proposed memorial to Araucaria and how we can contribute towards it. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Across. At the end of the allotted time, some gaps existed in the left bottom corner (22a, 29a, 18d). Quiptic crossword No 1,227 Published: 21 May 2023 . Everton Football Club are known as the Toffeemen, or Toffees for shortAgain, this is quite tricky for a Quiptic but mercifully easier than last week’s one. for “fellow”) contained in ( found in) NEST (a home/a place where, say, an insect breeds or shelters). Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Across. It is published on theguardian. Across: 9: CHIPOLATA: Sausage and tea to keep a pilot refreshed (9): CHA (“tea”) to keep *(a pilot) [anag:refreshed]: 10: AGAPE: Love break in hospital department (5): GAP (“break”) in A+E. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Misprints in the definitions of all clues – 5 clashes – 2 messages a square to find a rectangle to find – five images to determine then a sixth and its description – If that’s not enough some shading too. The setter is asking you to ‘distribute’ the letters AID in a random way ‘through’ the letters C, N and D. 6 Bust, or the opposite of bust around start of season (5) BOSOM BOOM (opposite of bust) around S (first letter or. HUMBER: 8 doubt expressed before using most of federal capital (6) HUM + BER[N] (capital of the Swiss. Crosswords Quiptic crossword No 1,227 Print | Accessible version Set by: Hectence Sun 21 May 2023 19. ACROSS. Mudd’s puzzle today was a pleasant solve, themed around Scotland. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Enter your clue into the clue box and 7 question marks into the letter/pattern box. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence; Independent on Sunday 1,734 by Italicus; Azed 2656; Everyman 3,995; Independent 11,421 by Serpent;Redshank cheered me up this morning This was a very enjoyable solve with some clever wordplay and at least one clue that sent me off down a blind alley. The only other herald I think I can remember is the something Poursuivant – 9: ALLOPURINOL – all, N in (pour oil)* – an anti-gout drugQuiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. cd cryptic definition. This Magwitch puzzle proved a good and satisfying challenge. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Mudd’s puzzle today was a pleasant solve, themed around Scotland. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed (Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. Many creative definitions which added spice to the clues. I had only one minor quibble (see HYENA) below, but some of. (Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. A complex preamble to say the least. Good morning, Quiptic crossworders. Read more >> Categories Guardian 40 Comments. Speedy, Everyman and Azed Email observer. TIP-OFF: Depression over rotten clue (3-3) Reverse of PIT (depression) + OFF: 4. I can’t make a connection (there probably is one) to the numerical answers: hundred and one, thousand, and eleven. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Guardian Quiptic 1,228/Matilda. Favourites 1ac, 5ac, 10ac, 11ac, 14ac, and 7dn. cd cryptic definition. I’m happy to share it, now that this website has gone up. d. +1 250-595. It took a bit of teasing out, I can tell you. Abbreviations. Financial Times Guardian Independent. Learn how your comment data is processed. A challenge, but worth the effort. Some lovely cryptic definitions but otherwise, mostly bread-and-butter cluesThe scheduled blogger has IT problems and is unable to post so here is a quick analysis of the clues. Quiptic 1,253 by Bartland; Independent 11,578/Wire; Guardian Cryptic 29,232 by Vulcan; Everyman 4,021/12 November; Azed No. Set by: Kite. 19: APPRAISESil is still out of the country and back in the Netherlands having his plumbing sorted out, so I’m again standing in for him. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. The construction of this crossword was reminiscent of a puzzle a few months ago. Pages occupying perch bob up and down (6): POPPLEPrize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 28, 2017 I found this to be a moderately challenging Mudd. An almost perfect offering from Wanderer… let down, at least in my opinion, by 28ac, where the setter appears to have added in “party” to aid the surface, but it is completely redundant as far as the wordplay is concerned, and the clue could actually have been OK without it. There certainly were some challenging clues, but also some straightforward ones to get us started. When there’s something special going on in the world around us, the FT has its very own crossword specialist to present us a reminder: Gaff. SURTAX: Charge almost certain to prove trying (6) SUR[E] + TAX: 10. comPrior to this puzzle, there have been a couple of weeks where the EVs had misspellings in the clues’ definitions, which I tend to find rather hard. May 1, 2023 by Pierre. When those handhelds went into the dustbin of IT history, I entered the info on my own PC. A quick start with the longer clues all falling early, then got stuck for a while in the North-West. Pan is one of our longest-standing Quiptic setters, and she has given us a pleasing Quiptic this morning that generally does what it’s supposed to, but is marred by a couple of editing errors. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More. May 22, 2023 by Widdersbel. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Most probably the last photo taken of him. Sun 4 Jun 2023 19. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. Rodriguez provides today’s challenge. Not the easiest of Quiptics, with a few awkward constructions, but most of it fits the brief for “beginners and those in a hurry” and I’ve attempted to explain where it might not. Tue 27 Jun 2023 19. This was a fairly gentle puzzle from Schadenfreude – the challenge was to idenitfy the empty cells where the cause and effect were to be entered, “thus thwarting an attempt to save the planet”. I can see why there was a little confusion about 6 Down. 3 – World by Gaff. Guardian Quiptic 1,034/Hectence. The SE corner was tricky to unravel, the rest of the answers fell into place without hiccups though the wordplay took more time to work out. Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 6. Quick crossword No 16,581. Quiptic 1,233 by Hectence. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 14 A fine Cincinnus this time with great anagrams in 24A (SVENGALI) and 5D (NOW THERE’S A THING), a dazzling cryptic definition in 13D (GOOD IN PARTS), and some good double definitions. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. However, I do have an aversion to repetition of the same device in the same puzzle (see 11 Down) ACROSS 1 PULLS OFF Pulls off (the opposite of doesn’t push on) 5 BRACES dd and anyone with trousers being. Jane and I would like to thank everyone for making the (first) Sloggers and Betters York weekend such an amazing event. Thanks to Picaroon. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Phi usually appears on Friday rather than today (Thursday). The last IoS offering of 2019 brings us a themed crossword – unusual for this slot, but an entertaining puzzle from Kairos, which required a bit of headscratching in a couple of places. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. BRAZIL: Angela‘s supporter, backing the Queen, briefly (6) BRA + reverse of LIZ. com every Monday Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 00 EDT. Read more >>Inquisitor 1207. 8 Princess cut by a bit of rig in which one gets the chop? KARATE An insertion of A and R in KATE. The Guardian. Across: 1: CUP TIE: President grabbed by female who is attractive and game (3,3): P (president) grabbed by CUTIE (attractive female) 4: SPRAY GUN: Newspaper includes petition, good device that can make a splash (5,3): SUN (newspaper) includes [ PRAY (petition ) G (good)]Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 5, 2015 . 1 Tapestery – Apes + T(itian) in TRY 5 Rabbit – Rabbi + T(time) 10 Arson – A+R(adical)+SON 11 Provender – P(ost) + Rover around END (scrap) 12 Coloradp Springs – COL(onel) + OR (soldiers) + ADO (trouble) SPRINGS (starts) 13 Paradise –. 1 They are a recognised doubles pair (13) DOPPELGANGERS: Cryptic defn: Not say, the Williams sisters at Wimbledon, but two living persons who are not related but look like each other. Guardian Quiptic 1,214/Bartland. dd double definition. 00 EDT. Quiptic crossword No 1,221. Favourites were 19/29, 3dn, 16dn and 19dn. And Paul’s awesome crossword utility automatically parses the (relaunched) Guardian site’s PDF once again which is nice too. Newer Puzzles >>> The Guardian is one of the world’s leading English-language newspaper websites along with its sister papers, The Observer and The Guardian Weekly. 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. regularly) “ repasts “. A well-crafted Quiptic from Pasquale as usual. We have another situation today in which the numeration for the very long answer can’t be given due to software constraints. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Only one sense of “garotte” is at work here,. 5 Stupendous borders edged with flowers and yet more flowers. First puzzle in the new year and it is one of my favourite setters. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 01 EST. Across: 8: SPRAY DRAIN: Means of getting water away and dry pirañas out (5-5) (DRY PIRANAS)*9: EVER: Toffees to lose weight? Possibly (4): EVER[ton]. Quick crossword No 16,664. Rodriguez provides today’s challenge. The stars next to each answer will guide you to the best answer for your clue. An unusually shaped grid this time. (1A) Group to assess for a speaker a passage between seats (7) (1I) Protection for the finger or the limb possibly (7) (3A) Examine source of contagion in medical facility (4) (3F) Top. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Sun 25 Jun 2023 19. ACROSS 1 VIVACE V (Roman numeral for 5) IV (ditto for 4) ACE (winner, like an unreturnable serve in tennis) musical term for in a lively manner 4 EVOLVING (R) evolving = going round 9 TAGGED *(gadget) 10. Strangely, there is one clue, 27dn, that appears to be seriously broken but which I solved easily nonetheless. Never heard of 2D but the clue is clear enough and did smile at 20D and 23A. We get the full range from the sublime (12) and the fiendish (21 ac) to the obscure (10) and just plain rubbish (17, 19). ,U. Top puzzle, that. What sort of MAJORITY is Ifor testing us with this week – is it a political majority – wafer-thin Brexitian or 80-strong Johnson-ian; a ‘coming of age’ majority; or a military major-ity, like Major Major in Catch-22?A typically satisfactory puzzle from Phi, with so far as I can see no controversial clues. VENTRILOQUISTS must have been a hard word to clue. Across. Thanks to Picaroon for an enjoyable solve. . You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. This was really enjoyable, not a walk in the park more, but rewarding if you stick with it. Some cleverly misleading clues, some fantastic cryptic definitions, and just a few simpler ones to help fill the grid. First up, a big “Thank you!” to Gaufrid, for covering for me these past few weeks when I was away on vacation.