This Magwitch puzzle proved a good and satisfying challenge. 8 Princess cut by a bit of rig in which one gets the chop? KARATE An insertion of A and R in KATE. There are some tricky clues, such as 27a (SWATCH), and one unusual meaning, 25a (AKIMBO). You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Clue: Wordplay: Entry: 1 . Filbert was on duty last Sunday so a little surprised to see him on again today. Learn how your comment data is processed. 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”. 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. Clearly clued and with concise and meaningful surface readings. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. There certainly were some challenging clues, but also some straightforward ones to get us started. Across 1. Thanks to Courtier. An enjoyable and relatively gentle end to the week. 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. HUMBER: 8 doubt expressed before using most of federal capital (6) HUM + BER[N] (capital of the Swiss. 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. June 1, 2020 June 1, 2020 by Pierre. For the clue PUZZLE, we are looking for an answer that contains 7 letters. The Crossword Solver find answers to clues found in the New York Times Crossword, USA Today Crossword, LA Times Crossword, Daily Celebrity Crossword, The Guardian, the Daily Mirror, Coffee Break puzzles, Telegraph crosswords and many other popular crossword puzzles. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Kairos steps in for Dac this week – and we found this quite difficult to get to grips with. 9 Run-down property due proper reconstruction DOER UPPER (DUE PROPER)* with ‘reconstruction’ as the. Lorraine: Good Morning to you all,. Brava, Matilda. Set by: Pan. East Midlands S&B Nottingham 24th June – change of venue. In down clues these give the first of five sentences of a statement. 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). Gaufrid – October 2018. Guardian Quiptic 1,072/Pan. Quiptic 1,221 by Hectence. As of around 7:00am UK time, the Guardian Quiptic 1,246 is not available to blog: the. Quiptic 1,225 by Pasquale. The preamble was fairly short and told us that one (related) element is lacking from each of the first 12 italicised clues. Rodriguez provides today’s challenge. The puzzle is available here. April 2023. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. A real tour de force from Araucaria – one of those puzzles that make your heart sink, when you see so many clues depending on others, especially 10 and 14. First up, a big “Thank you!” to Gaufrid, for covering for me these past few weeks when I was away on vacation. Abbreviations. I put a tick against about half of the answers, but my favourites were 2dn and 26ac. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. So, another new setter has wandered into this space. 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. Quiptic crossword No 1,221. A spin in a car, for example, and spin bowlers are normally also slow bowlers. Thanks WANDERER, for a pleasant and witty challenge. November 2, 2015 November 2, 2015 by Pierre. crosser. 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. Across 1. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Jane and I would like to thank everyone for making the (first) Sloggers and Betters York weekend such an amazing event. Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius Email guardian. 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. 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. Everyman No 3,995. Across (a) BE(CA. ALUM A LUM[p]. Agape is a Greco-Christian term referring to pure “love” 11: AVOCADO: Green Party pursues a. Quick crossword No 16,664. DOER UPPER. Find Edward Jones - Financial Advisor: Patrick L McLewin, CFP®|CIM® in Victoria, with phone, website, address, opening hours and contact info. I think the collective noun for octopi/octopdid/octoh whatever is ‘army’, and they have lots of arms! 10: APRIL –. 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. I like my birds and I love my cricket, so I couldn’t not have a good crack at this one. 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. Yes, it’s me again. 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. The preamble tells us that S and B have the same meaning throughout. 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. 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. Loved 14a for ingeniously tying the definition with the anagram. 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. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 30, 2013. I guess “mostly break down” is SCOR[e]. The Guardian. Another meaning is the same as the German word klang – a complex tone. 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 –. Sun 25 Jun 2023 19. Sun 1 Jan 2023 19. A challenge, but worth the effort. Your trust is our top concern, so businesses can't pay to. I had only one minor quibble (see HYENA) below, but some of. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. TIP-OFF: Depression over rotten clue (3-3) Reverse of PIT (depression) + OFF: 4. It’s perhaps a bit late but thank you, essexboy, for putting my problem into words and for finding a possible, if far-fetched, explanation! Ed. This was a bit rushed so there may a few typos. ) An enjoyable puzzle from Tuesday regular Phssthpok, with a couple at the end taking slightly longer. BRAZIL: Angela‘s supporter, backing the Queen, briefly (6) BRA + reverse of LIZ. An insertion of SS for the ‘borders’ of ‘stupendous’ in BLOOMS. And one I know nothing about. 00 EDT. (xxxx)* anagram. Which is not the first time this has happened, and is annoying. A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. 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. June 19, 2023 May 21, 2023 by Kitty. : 5: DASYPOD – (DOPY + SAD)<. d. Quiptic crossword No 1,218. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. I thought this was the easiest puzzle I have blogged in the FT for a long while. com For technical problems email userhelp@theguardian. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 21, 2015. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. Many of the clues shared the solution to 9 as a definition. Everyman No 3,995. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. I think the puzzle is a mixed bag. A fairly standard Cincinnus puzzle this week with at least one great clue (3D) and one that I do not understand the workings of (26D). A fine offering from Viking. Double helping of steak and kidney pie!Puzzles like this one, where the clues given in alphabetical order of their answers, tend to involve a fair amount of cold solving before a tipping point where (if the solver is lucky) everything slots into place. There will be people there who know each other via websites etc, but have never met face-to-face. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed. April 18, 2011 by Pierre. May 22, 2023 by Widdersbel. It took a bit of teasing out, I can tell you. 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. 4 OB SERVER Nice seamless join at see/old. Today, I got a double with his Guardian alter ego, Orlando. Across; 1: COBBLERS + PEGS (= wickets = cricket stumps) – this stuff. 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. Contact the crossword editors. . 5 bathrooms. +1 250-595. Print | Accessible version. Not too tricky, with neat cluing and surfaces. An unusually shaped grid this time. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 00 EDT. A good Quiptic-level puzzle, with mostly straightforward constructions and nothing too obscure. Guardian Cryptic 27,234 by Vlad. 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. 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. We get the full range from the sublime (12) and the fiendish (21 ac) to the obscure (10) and just plain rubbish (17, 19). Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 3, 2015 . And some lovely fun clues – 3 down would have to be my pick of the bunch – I can even hear. Like the rest of my fellow Monday Indy bloggers, I’ve given up on the first puzzle of the working week being the ‘easy one’ (although that was the only reason that I put my hand up to blog the Monday puzzle in the first place). ) A straightforward puzzle, thanks to Armonie. Decorate (5) 13. 00 EDT. Learn how your comment data is processed. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More. Across: 1. British dished rupees out for such as Gunga Din (6): BHISTI: BRITISH* less R. cd cryptic definition. Click search. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. I am around for most of this morning, so will blog the puzzle. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Across 1. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. A PDF of the crossword can be found here Exit 1 @ York 2018, for the interactive version look here and Pick Your Own. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. AMPUTEES: People like Nelson meet up. The bottom half went in fairly easily but struggled quite a bit with the top half. S. 1 U MP IRE. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Quiptic crossword No 527. 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. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 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. 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. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Guardian Quiptic 1,228/Matilda. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. Print | Accessible version. Quiptic crossword No 1,246. cad clue as definition. com every Monday 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 very enjoyable challenge. The usual cryptic definitions galore as one expects from this setter. Very enjoyable crossword from Bradman as always. Thanks, flashling. 01 EST. This was one of the more difficult Phssthpoks I’ve completed. I think Jason is a new setter for me – hullo, Jason! – and, aside from its opening with an anagram at 1ac. definitions are underlined. A great thematic puzzle from Gozo, a mid-week treat! All the undefined clues are writers. 00 EDT. 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. Financial Times Guardian Independent. A well-crafted Quiptic from Pasquale as usual. Across; 1: I would never have got this, because I never knew that a bertha was a woman’s deep collar, and the connection with ‘bust’ (= arrest, sl (Chambers)) was also too difficultAcross: 1. Tue 27 Jun 2023 19. Cryptic crossword No 29,076. 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. A challenge, but worth the effort. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Solving time, 16 mins. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Thanks, flashling. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. Tue 27 Jun 2023 19. The scheduled blogger scchua. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles. 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. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Monday Prize Crossword on 21 June 2010 Another painless way to start the week, solving smooth clues and enjoying slick surfaces. Recommended Reviews. The Guardian Quiptic Crossword 1227 Answers CLICK ON ANY OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW TO SHOW THE FULL ANSWER ACROSS Grapple with story about lead characters in Citizen Kane Legendary UFO lab rocked America Latest thing is going round northern Sweden's mountains Be very obvious criticism's not allowed I'll organise getting holiday book containing sex Quiptic crossword No 1,227. Read more >>Inquisitor 1207. 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,. (DUE PROPER)* with ‘reconstruction’ as the. 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. I have commented before on how inventive Paul is. So, what happened August 5 th, 1962?. ,U. Set by: Kite. A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Sun 4 Jun 2023 19. RIP Liz Geear. Across; 1: MPRET – PR in MET. 11 High pressure in most of ridge overturned volcanic debrisA fine puzzle in Nimrod’s very distinctive style. My clue of the week is 15a (SUNDIAL) mostly for its clever definition. Favourites 1ac, 5ac, 10ac, 11ac, 14ac, and 7dn. Another fine Quiptic from one of the more recent additions to the setting stable for this slot. It also has a presence in the US and Australia as Guardian US and Guardian Australia. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. First up, a big “Thank you!” to Gaufrid, for covering for me these past few weeks when I was away on vacation. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Quiptic 596/Hectence. A well-clued and straightforward puzzle from Hectence today, with only a couple of clues falling into the more difficult category. 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. This didn’t seem quite like usual Thursday fare, since Thursdays tend to be rather difficult, for me at any rate, and although there are several places here where I don’t fully understand what’s going on, it did seem to be rather easier than usual. Guardian Quiptic 1,214/Bartland. His or her initial offering seems a mixed bag. Decorate (5) 13. 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. cad clue as definition. The one you know about also means the cry of birds such as geese. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. I am becoming familiar with this setter’s style of wordplay and enjoying her puzzles more and more. Guardian Quiptic 1183 Hectence. 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. June 19, 2023 at 2:39 pm . Quiptic 1227. March 13, 2023 by Quirister. 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. crosswords​@theguardian. Across. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. tennis point. A good deal (4) 8. June 1, 2020 June 1, 2020 by Pierre. Solving time: 13 minutes. Set by: Kite. Filbert was on duty last Sunday so a little surprised to see him on again today. Read more >> Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. AMPUTEES: People like Nelson meet up. I probably had an advantage as Tone is my non-nickname nickname but I’d best keep quiet about thatGuardian Quiptic 1,224/Chandler. A pleasant and easy outing with Rosa. The preamble for Genius 142, when you can work your way through the hotch-potch of ‘temporary’ (?) workarounds the Grauniad have built around this ‘non-standard’ puzzle which has been there for 10-plus years, tells us that we are looking for seventeen partners of well-known pairings – a device which I am sure has been used before, but maybe not on a Genius(?)… Across: 1, 27: ABSOLUTE MAJORITY Most people get to try Beaujolais Nouveau round the beginning of March (8,8) Anagram/”Nouveau” of (to try Beaujolais)*; around the beginning of M[arch] 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. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. 1 One close to Sun’s lawyers strands a reporter initially at sea. This type of clue is one of the reasons that many solvers don’t appreciate Anto’s efforts at compiling a Quiptic puzzle. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Some tricky clues here. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Independent 9064/Hob. Today’s Cryptics. 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. Good morning, Quiptic crossworders. 1 Complaint one twit receives over a bit of a pint (5,5). 00 EDT. It’s Hectence’s turn to provide a Quiptic this week. Thanks, Jason. It’s quite a feat to fill all four 15-letter entries with single words, especially when three of them are full anagrams. cd cryptic definition. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. The Guardian Quiptic Crossword 1227 Answers CLICK ON ANY OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW TO SHOW THE FULL ANSWER ACROSS Grapple with story. Prize puzzle from the weekend FT of April 10 Cincinnus keeps up his great style. And one I know nothing about. Im’ sure others started with the outside as (see him)* (c) ICTAL – hidden words – ictus = an epileptic fit (d) ELLIPSES – spill in see, all rev. As of around 7:00am UK time, the Guardian Quiptic 1,246 is not available to blog: the site is still offering Carpathian’s puzzle from last week. Carpathian brings us our Quiptic challenge today. 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. The preamble for Genius 142, when you can work your way through the hotch-potch of ‘temporary’ (?) workarounds the Grauniad have built around this ‘non-standard’ puzzle which has been there for 10-plus years, tells us that we are looking for seventeen partners of well-known pairings – a device which I am sure has been used. Thanks to Picaroon. Solving time – about 7 mins. 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 –. May 1, 2023 by Pierre. Double definition. Across; 1: TYPE – dd: 3: PINCUSHION – CHOPINUSIN*. Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius Email guardian. I can’t see it in Chambers but then again, I can’t see any other candidates. 26d was also yet to yield itself. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. 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. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Tue 27 Jun 2023 19. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Across; 7: MAYHEM : Uproar when one associated with Queen has a bit of skirt? (6) MAY (one associated with Queen, both as Brain May in the “national treasure” band, and Queen of May every mayday, which one do you think Cyclops meant?) HEM (bit of skirt) 9: REPORTER : Brenda’s back and forth getting in booze for press rep (8) PORT. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 39 Comments. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Definitions are underlined in the clues. 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. 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. Quiptic crossword No 1,217. Phi usually appears on Friday rather than today (Thursday). This crossword would have been a bit easier, had the web version not had a glitch (at least on my machine) which led to every letter I typed in being repeated in hte next square. A grid with lots of letters with little black space – just how I like them. 00 EDT. Across; 6: BURN YOUR BRIDGES — cd — good cryptic def. 1227 Cranbrook Street N. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. 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). I found this a pretty straightforward and enjoyable puzzle from The Don in his fortnightly Indy slot. 2,682 Plain; Independent on. MODISH: In a very short time, girl to be quiet (6) MO + DI + SH: 9. A minor blemish on a lovely Quiptic, thanks C & s. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Abbreviations. Many thanks to Exit (who is one of the (Independent) regulars at Fifteensquared). All welcome. Set by: Kite. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. 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 crossword No 1,227 Published: 21 May 2023 . May 29, 2023 by Pierre. Independent 10,365 by Monk. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. Anto has a quirky style that doesn’t please everyone, and is on record as saying that he likes to. The theme is Tom Jones, with some clever anagrams involving his name and several of his songs referred to in the clues but, as usual with Tramp, you don’t need to know them to be able to solve them: however, if you do know about the. A fellow repeatedly found in home is most uncool (7) NAFFEST : A + FF (2x/repeatedly, abbrev. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Bravo/Brava to Chandler. 15 thoughts on “Independent on Sunday 1,734 by Italicus”. 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. 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. Most probably the last photo taken of him. It is published on theguardian. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Across; 1: THE GAP; T[he], + HEAP around G[ood] – as in the classic London Underground phrase “Mind the gap”. When those handhelds went into the dustbin of IT history, I entered the info on my own PC. “You get an ology, you’re a scientist! 11: INCONNU – (CON in INN) + U. 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. (xxxx)* anagram. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve.