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cd cryptic definition. Categories Guardian Quiptic 13 Comments. 2,682 Plain; Independent on Sunday 1760 Shabbo; Independent No. definitions are underlined. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Quick crossword No 16,664. Not too difficult. developing, of A GAP UNDER RO(A)D 11: H<>IFI: Sound system starts to hum; it’s fairly irritating (4) / first letters, or starts, of ‘Hum Its Fairly Irritating’: 13:. There will be a meeting for crossword setters and solvers at The George, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, SE1 1NH, coinciding with the annual Times Crossword Championship. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. com. Can’t say any one clue was particularly outstanding as I always enjoy all the clues; thanks again Everyman 🙂 Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 4, 2018 I found this a bit harder than usual for Rosa and just as entertaining. Sun 4 Jun 2023 19. Thanks to Picaroon for the enjoyable challenge. 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. 00 EDT. Thanks, flashling. crosswords&ZeroWidthSpace;@theguardian. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Speedy, Everyman and Azed Email. 9 CHE RUB. I think the puzzle is a mixed bag. 4 OB SERVER Nice seamless join at see/old. THE WASP FACTORY – anagram of OF CREW THAT PAYS. 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. Across: 5. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. A web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here. Print | Accessible version. I am around for most of this morning, so will blog the puzzle. Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 6. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. 10 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. Steffen. Guardian Quiptic 1,228/Matilda. Another meaning is the same as the German word klang – a complex tone. 8 Lawyer regularly stopping. Click here to access the print version. Quiptic crossword No 1,227 Published: 21 May 2023 . HUMBER: 8 doubt expressed before using most of federal capital (6) HUM + BER[N] (capital of the Swiss. Having written up the blog we are now wondering why?Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. BRAZIL: Angela‘s supporter, backing the Queen, briefly (6) BRA + reverse of LIZ. So, another new setter has wandered into this space. Most probably the last photo taken of him. Independent 7437/Mordred. Sun 1 Jan 2023 19. Today’s Cryptics. Newer Puzzles >>> The Guardian is one of the world’s leading English. Quiptic 596/Hectence. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. February 20, 2023 by Pierre. Top puzzle, that. com For technical problems email userhelp@theguardian. Decorate (5) 13. I also like Rosa’s Spoonerism clue, 9d (DUNGHILL), 1a (IMPISHLY), 13a (MYRRH) and 27a (DEARTH). There is a gentle Nina — hardly a Nina, more a recurrent theme, and I don’t know how this one sits in the list provided the other day — where two answers are juxtaposed and a hidden answer is then found. Across; 6/16: SNOOPER’S CHARTER: Big Brother sort of thing – crap sort here’s no different (8,7) (CRAP SORT HERE’S NO)* AInd: different: 8: EUROS : English otherwise upset, flooded by American cash (5) E[nglish], OR< (otherwise, upset) flooded (covered by) US (American): 11: ROAD TO RUIN: Trump, dismissing politician on radio,. I think that’s a good idea actually, with the caveat that what is one person’s tricky crossword can be another’s easy one and vice versa – although in general, it’s certainly possible to grade them in that way. Solving time: 13 minutes. I have commented before on how inventive Paul is. Across 1. 00 EST. An insertion of SS for the ‘borders’ of ‘stupendous’ in BLOOMS. Daily easy, quick and cryptic crosswords puzzles. Across. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Across (a) BE(CA. Quiptic 1227. Quiptic Quiptic crossword No 1,221. This home is currently off market - it last sold on October 15, 2007 for. Solving time – about 7 mins. Read more >>Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. 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. Loved 14a for ingeniously tying the definition with the anagram. 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. Thanks to Philistine. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence; Independent on Sunday 1,734 by Italicus; Azed 2656. regularly) “ repasts “. Print | PDF version | Accessible version. I did manage it, but only because I was familiar with the ducks – I’d not have got many of them from the wordplay. Tue 27 Jun 2023 19. A straightforward start to the week from one of the masters of the cryptic definition. Across 1. First up, a big “Thank you!” to Gaufrid, for covering for me these past few weeks when I was away on vacation. Two set s of clue amendments to produce two messages – extra letters to be removed from the clue and wordplay with an additional letter. Smooth clueing all the way. Sun 19 Mar 2023 20. April 25, 2023 at 11:28 am . Typically Araucarian puzzle with a theme of coloured butterflys. Read more >> Quiptic 1,229 by Anto June 5, 2023 by Quirister Our Quiptic puzzle is from Anto today. MODISH: In a very short time, girl to be quiet (6) MO + DI + SH: 9. The puzzle is from Monday 18 th June. An enjoyable Sunday outing with Raich, to whom thanks. The stars next to each answer will guide you to the best answer for your clue. Thanks WANDERER, for a pleasant and witty challenge. The Guardian May 23, 2023 Crossword Answers Publications The Guardian May 23, 2023 Here are puzzles in the The Guardian on May 23, 2023 X Sign in to Save. May 29, 2023 by Pierre. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. com. (xxxx)* anagram. The bottom half went in fairly easily but struggled quite a bit with the top half. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Gaufrid in 1993. Pretty easy and straightforward DAC today. There are two ways in which Phi has departed from the norm today: when I first looked at the grid and saw the long across one to begin with and the little bit sticking out on the left, I said to myself “he won’t have a little bit sticking out at the right as well, so that there is less than 50% checking”, and sure enough he didn’t. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. We have another situation today in which the numeration for the very long answer can’t be given due to software constraints. The fairly obvious theme made many of the clues easy but there are four answers that I was not familiar with including one, Atebrin a medicine, that I imagine very few people knew. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. US lexicographer — Jacobean playwright (7) 11. Many creative definitions which added spice to the clues. 00 EDT. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Almost as easy as this week’s Listener (OK — last week’s). Print | Accessible version. The Quiptic is intended as a puzzle for beginners (or those who don’t have a lot of time to spend), and this one fits the bill nicely, with plenty of straightforward anagrams and double definitions among other clearly-indicated. (. Hard in places as you’d expect, for a change Filbert has included a helpful Nina, the outside columns read HELPFUL LETTERS although they weren’t particularly helpful until late in the solve, thanks Filbert. On the previous four occasions, Dalibor’s contribution was not directly linked to the event as such, however, this one is: Dalibor @ York 2017 That said, there is no ‘inside information’ required and those who still wish to give it a go should look not further yet. This was really enjoyable, not a walk in the park more, but rewarding if you stick with it. This was really enjoyable, not a walk in the park more, but rewarding if you stick with it. Thanks to Pan. Nice misdirection with ‘small pad’ seeming to reference a bedsit: 10: EARHOLE – E + A + ROLE around H. Guardian Quiptic 1,072/Pan. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. Favourites 25ac, 1dn, and 18dn. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. His or her initial offering seems a mixed bag. Speedy 1441 <<< Older Puzzles. Get directions. Independent 10,365 by Monk. BARNARDS STAR BAR (STRANDS A R}*. Guardian Quiptic. I found this a pretty straightforward and enjoyable puzzle from The Don in his fortnightly Indy slot. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 30, 2013. I can see why there was a little confusion about 6 Down. Guardian Quiptic 1,246/Placeholder. Across. SURTAX: Charge almost certain to prove trying (6) SUR[E] + TAX: 10. When I opened the Guardian website today to see whose puzzle I’d be blogging, I had that familair sense of unease that comes from seeing the name “Araucaria”. I will however have a look as soon as we return. June 1, 2020 June 1, 2020 by Pierre. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. My clue of the week is the delightful and brilliant 5 down (STANDOFFISHNESS) and I also applaud 1,6 (ACHILLES TENDON) and 22,26 (TOWN CENTRE). It’s quite a feat to fill all four 15-letter entries with single words, especially when three of them are full anagrams. 2,682 Plain; Independent on. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 2, 2018 As usual with Rosa we have many clues with outstanding surfaces, notably 21ac, 23ac, 28ac, 2dn, 14dn, 17dn and 20dn. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. TIP-OFF: Depression over rotten clue (3-3) Reverse of PIT (depression) + OFF: 4. A lovely cinematic experience from Brummie today. 9 With. Indy aficionados will be more used to seeing Poins producing the Independent on Sunday puzzle, but he’s brought us the Monday one this week. The preamble tells us that S and B have the same meaning throughout. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Clearly clued and with concise and meaningful surface readings. Across; 1: COBBLERS + PEGS (= wickets = cricket stumps) – this stuff. A great thematic puzzle from Gozo, a mid-week treat! All the undefined clues are writers. Tue 27 Jun 2023 19. Poins today. Set by:. A somewhat bizarre answer phrase, and using ‘Top of the’ for ‘T’ is a bit weak when the first word of the answer is also ‘the’. 9 Run-down property due proper reconstruction DOER UPPER (DUE PROPER)* with ‘reconstruction’ as the. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Does “by air” really = “in flight”? 10: TAKE ON dd: 12: SPRAT dd: 13: SOLITAIRE dd: 14: ANIMUS I’M (I am) in AN US (American): 16: GAROTTE dd Generally a dd involves two senses of the defined word. Abbreviations. Azed crossword 2,684. Most of the people in old country (6) THE excluding the last letter (mostly) E + RACE (people). My clue of the week is 15a (SUNDIAL) mostly for its clever definition. Yes, it’s me again. Learn how your comment data is processed. I did manage it, but only because I was familiar with the ducks – I’d not have got many of them from the wordplay. ) Slow to get started, but the pace quickened towards the finish (maybe it was the late night last night). 5 bathrooms. . Thanks to Picaroon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. cad clue as definition. I am not sure about how ‘SA’ in 20dn works (if I am right), nor the definition in 3dn. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Some tricky clues here. 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. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. September 9, 2019 by Pierre. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More. RIP Liz Geear. The usual cryptic definitions galore as one expects from this setter. I think the puzzle is a mixed bag. d. 00 EDT. Across; 5: STONE AGE TONE (Blair casually) inside SAGE (Green) First clue read. Across: 1. 9 Oddly your bit. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. Some tricky clues here. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. crosswords&ZeroWidthSpace;@theguardian. Most probably the last photo taken of him. Thank you. The scheduled blogger scchua. Thanks to Chifonie. I think of Mudd as the master of the double definition and my clue of the week is his DD at 29ac (EYE-CATCHING) and I. Quiptic crossword No 1,220. The chosen venue is “Shaw’s Booksellers” in St Andrew’s Hill, near Blackfriars, on the evening of Thurs 22nd March, from 6 pm onwards. Prize puzzle from the weekend FT of April 10 Cincinnus keeps up his great style. ACROSS. In down clues these give the first of five sentences of a statement. )E (b) HIEROGRAMMATE – (rag Rome)* in him, ate = worried. I had only one minor quibble (see HYENA) below, but some of the other clues were inspired. 6 Ten made to run around without information, forgetting disorder. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. I can’t make a connection (there probably is one) to the numerical answers: hundred and one, thousand, and eleven. Good puzzle with flashes of wit. I like my birds and I love my cricket, so I couldn’t not have a good crack at this one. 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. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 15, 2017 As usual Goliath gives us a slew of clever clues and a couple of tough ones. November 2023. We were 22 on the Friday pub quiz crawl and exactly sixty in number at the main event on Saturday in the Fox and Roman, whose staff excelled themselves in hospitality, organisation and (most importantly!) food and drink. DOER UPPER. I may well have passed through this Devon town, but that would have been a very long time ago. Tue 27 Jun 2023 19. July 18, 2022 July 18, 2022 by scchua. If you’d like to give the information on fifteensquared again it’s: (1,4,6,2,3,2,2,4,3,5,4,2,3,4,3,1,7). A PDF of the crossword can be found here Exit 1 @ York 2018, for the interactive version look here and Pick Your Own. April 2023. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. 4 Starts to interview rogue about quick investment scheme for foreigners (6) IRAQIS i{nterview} r{ogue} a{bout} q{uick} i{nvestment} s{cheme} — caught me out here: when I have a Q followed by a blank, I tend to write in the U. Speedy crossword No 1,467 Published: 18 Nov. Private kills time, having become old (8) OFFS (kills in. I can’t see it in Chambers but then again, I can’t see any other candidates. BLOSSOMS. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. Almost as easy as this week’s Listener (OK — last week’s). 1 U MP IRE. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Across 1. Slightly marred by a classic lack of Grauniad editorship, sadly. 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]. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 39 Comments. 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. I am away on holiday and about to start a long journey so I can’t spend any more time on this. I am becoming familiar with this setter’s style of wordplay and enjoying her puzzles more and more. 1 One dumb spy novel? Not book for Le Carré, maybe (9) PSEUDONYM An anagram of ONE DUMb SPY – anagrind is ‘novel’ without B (book) or ‘not book’. 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. May 26, 2023 May 22, 2023 by Widdersbel. A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. Read more >> Guardian Quiptic 1,228/Matilda May 29, 2023. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Some cleverly misleading clues, some fantastic cryptic definitions, and just a few simpler ones to help fill the grid. I found this puzzle hard to get into, perhaps because, as I realised today, I have so little experience of solving Crosophile’s puzzles. A very enjoyable journey from Salamander I was well chuffed with it! The theme turned out to the the SETTLE-CARLISLE LINE, a beautiful and dramatic railway line linking the two towns and travelling along the edge of the Yorkshire Dales passing some of the National Park’s most glorious scenery. 9 Run-down property due proper reconstruction. Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius Email guardian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. This is one of those cryptic defs that might really be a double def depending on how loose a definition one expects for one part. Across: 1, 7: COMFORTABLY OFF: CO (company=business) M (money) FOR TAB (bill) LaY OFF (suspension) missing A (one) – definition is ‘with enough’: 9, 12: BRENT GOOSE: OS (out size, very large) inside (BONG TREE)*: 10: EXECUTION (EXIT ON CUE)*11: CHOPSTICK: Spoonerism of ‘stop chick’ (block young female) – not sure. Read more >> Categories Guardian 40 Comments. Quiptic crossword No. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Also, it turns out, some of the bars and borders were missing from the published grid, which is a shame. The usual smattering of clever and nudge nidge wink wink clues as well. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. An enjoyable and relatively gentle end to the week. Carpathian brings us our Quiptic challenge today. Come Into Force by Apt. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. This Magwitch puzzle proved a good and satisfying challenge. Many of the clues shared the solution to 9 as a definition. It is published on theguardian. Quiptic crossword No 1,221. Quiptic crossword No 527. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. June 19, 2023 at 2:39 pm . Guardian Quiptic 1,072/Pan. Set by:. Angela Brazil was (or indeed is) famous for her schoolgirl stories: 6. Publications; The Guardian; Quiptic 1227; May 22, 2023 Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 21, 2015. September 9, 2019 by Pierre. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. 83 thoughts on “Guardian 29,076 – Vulcan”. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Quiptic crossword No 1,218. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Last Monday, the FT changed the usual setter and gave me Cincinnus to blog. Set by: Kite. Everyman No 3,995. (Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Filbert was on duty last Sunday so a little surprised to see him on again today. 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 Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new. Financial Times Sunday No. A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. I found this a neatly constructed puzzle which hit the spot in terms of accessibility. Clearly clued and with concise and meaningful surface readings. A lot easier than the run-of-the-mill. Guardian Quiptic 1,226/Bartland. 12a Never heard of this 2d Ditto 24d Didn’t get it but agree very cleverA great puzzle this: some splendidly misleading definitions, plus a smattering of general knowledge (not everyone’s cup of tea, I know, but certainly mine) and a few beautiful charades. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Thanks, flashling. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Another enjoyable mixed bag from Cinephile. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Print | PDF version | Accessible version. Single letters or words had to be removed from all of the 40 clues before solving and these removals revealed what solvers had to highlight in the completed grid – 43 cells had to be highlighted. Didn’t like tar paper just seems a bit weak, too close to tarpaulin. Independent 9064/Hob. A lot easier than the run-of-the-mill. com. And some lovely fun clues – 3 down would have to be my pick of the bunch – I can even hear. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 9 Run-down property due proper reconstruction DOER UPPER (DUE PROPER)* with ‘reconstruction’ as the. Quiptic 1227. 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. A good deal (4) 8. 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. My clue of the week is 27ac (HYENA) and I am also wowed by 14dn (FIBRILLATE) and 24dn (BLESS). AMPUTEES: People like Nelson meet up. EAT : 2nd, 4th and 6th letters of (. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. Got most of the rhs out but the lhs was mainly blank. 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. Cryptic crossword No 29,076. Found TBRB quite useful — understatement of the year. Across. A cat, ounce (4) ATOM: A TOM: 9. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Comprehend (8) 9. 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”. Comprehend (8) 9. crosswords&ZeroWidthSpace;@theguardian. A letter must be inserted into all down and most across clues before solving. January 2, 2020 by Bertandjoyce. Quick crossword No 16,664. My clue of the week is the beautiful 9ac (SUNRISE) and I am also taken by 1ac (DELVE) and 8dn (MEANS TESTS). I pencilled BURDEN in over-confidently for 8 Across. Canada. This type of clue is one of the reasons that many solvers don’t appreciate Anto’s efforts at compiling a Quiptic puzzle. (an anonymous puzzle in the paper, but the setter has already been identified elsewhere) Solving time: ages. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. Solving time: about an hour. 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. Tue 27 Jun 2023 19. March 13, 2023 by Quirister. Quiptic crossword No 1,207. 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. 1a, 25a, 2d, 4d, 6d amused me especially. Quiptic crossword No 1,221. Brava, Matilda. Without the help of the anagrams, I think I would have found it even harder. Quiptic 1,253 by Bartland; Independent 11,578/Wire; Guardian Cryptic 29,232 by Vulcan; Everyman 4,021/12 November; Azed No. Read more >>“The perimeter contains the surnames of SIX AUTHORS, reading clockwise from top left and referred to as 1 to 6 in that order in the six blocks. ACROSS. The ever-reliable Hectence provides our entertainment today. Lorraine: Nice easy plod along this week, had to look up 1 down and 7 down to confirm my guesses. 15 thoughts on “Independent on Sunday 1,734 by Italicus”. 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. I think Jason is a new setter for me – hullo, Jason! – and, aside from its opening with an anagram at 1ac. Today, I got a double with his Guardian alter ego, Orlando. 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. Across; 6: CLANG – 2 defs. As it is the last Wednesday of the month, one would expect to find Crosophile standing in for Dac. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. At the end of the allotted time, some gaps existed in the left bottom corner (22a, 29a, 18d). First up, a big “Thank you!” to Gaufrid, for covering for me these past few weeks when I was away on vacation. It also has a presence in the US and Australia as Guardian US and Guardian Australia. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Across; 1: ALBANY HERALD – (a ballad Henry)*. 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. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 30, 2013.