Expert has a look A very good Quiptic, I thought; a pity the Cryptic was easier than the Quiptic though. Good puzzle, but probably tricky for newbies IMO. Quiptic crossword No 1,024. Thanks Pierre – that clears up everything. Purists might object to “first year” for Y and “top award” for A, but clues like those don’t bother me since the intent is clear. Not too far off on the Cryptic either, stumped by some unfamiliar words there.
Hectence is one of the long-established setters of the Quiptic, having contributed puzzles since the early days. And we can’t have that. Otherwise a good Quiptic – thanks to Hectence and Pierre.
Phil @7 26 Street maps have your report in colour 1 Bags finally skiing silver in winter sport OVERTLY A charade of P, EN for the printers’ ‘space’, ET for the French word for ‘and’, and RATE. HIT IT All rights reserved. 1452: Bridges by X-Type, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/crescendo. She’s good at this kind of stuff: here’s a carefully constructed crossword that will encourage newer solvers to have a go and entertain more experienced cruciverbalists over a morning coffee. It’s Italian for increasing. Guardian Quiptic 1,024/Hectence Posted by Pierre on July 1st, 2019 Hectence is one of the long-established setters of the Quiptic, having contributed puzzles since the early days. You can skip to the end and leave a response. An insertion of R in WINKLE. Bingo is a UK game where numbers on cards from 1-90 are marked off as the caller reads them out: he or she draws balls from a bag (or used to – it’s probably electronic now). In other words, ‘it had to be that but I couldn’t parse it’ – and possibly a reason why Fifteensquared is a popular site. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. For newbies, it’s a puzzle which contains all 26 letters of the alphabet somewhere. Good Evening or Good Morning Pierre, never know when I’m 8 hours adrift from the UK. 6 Large risk? CACHE 16 Harvests and sorts the grain around the beginning of September If there’s anything you don’t get in future puzzles, just ask – all the bloggers are always pleased to help. Doesn’t say much for my crossword solving skills does it . I agree that this was better (and a smidgen more difficult) than the Monday offering today. A charade of JUD[D] and MEN for ‘soldiers’ inserted into GET. A minor point in a good crossword, but maybe it matters. Is a bison a buffalo? And a bird for Pierre, hooray! You can’t wash your hands in a buffalo…, Blaise @13 Are you from Birmingham by any chance? My problem (if it is), mrpenney, is that M = ‘men’ is not in any dictionary while W = ‘women’ is. A charade of BUFF, A and LO! I looked it up on the interweb and only got “The British Institute of Funeral Directors”, which I don’t think is correct.
3 It holds food suspended when photo’s taken then if you can find an initialism anywhere in the world that contains the word, the result will be that any letter can stand for anything. The clue for ASPIC gave me a grin. 5 Bison maybe? PENETRATE
He’s world champion, so don’t moan that you’ve never heard of him. Abbreviations 2 German party takes horse-drawn cart up to cemetery
In common usage, yes; but Hectence has sensibly put a ‘maybe’ in there to keep the pedants happy. (Of course that would make the surface ungrammatical, but still…). An insertion of G for the last letter of ‘skiing’ and AG for ‘silver’ in LUGE. ‘Pins’ is a colloquial expression for ‘legs’. Set by: Hectence. This crossword puzzle is posted weekly on The Guardian Newspapper. 7 Expect a humorist to collect top award In fact, if someone could give a list of the abbreviations used by the solvers that would be much appreciated, I guess LOI is “Last One In”, after that, I’m lost. WRINKLE Thanks, thezed, for spotting the pangram. We have googolplexes these days and 100 is really quite small! 11 End soccer career on a high 19 Art supporter left after rest Print | Accessible version. If you’re not UK based, then I can see you’d be a bit banjaxed …. Fabulous – a lovely example of how even simple clues can be misleading but utterly straightforward once seen in the correct light. Time on your hands? (xxxx)* anagram A charade of (GET IN UNI)* and Y. Nice puzzle, with no problems. Missed that. In SCUBA, B stands for breathing; in NIMBY for back, in BFF for best, and in SOB for bitch. 18 Get soldiers in after Trump briefly gives order and is filed under Guardian Quiptic. The setter is inviting you to let Y ‘support’ – in other words, be underneath – (REVOLT)* The anagrind is ‘liberal’. LOGICAL © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. And well done to Gillafox for completing his or her first Quiptic – always a good feeling. The other term is ‘lift and separate’, which I’ve explained in previous blogs. 22 Ipecac tincture contains desert plants LEAPT is one of those past participles, like DREAMT, that can be SPELLED/SPELT two ways. Lovely being on holiday and able to tackle multiple crosswords!
24 Applaud men coming in to immobilise car But in 21A, is “C” really a large number? INGENUITY A charade of E for the ‘drug’, X for ‘ten’, PENS for ‘pounds’ and IVE for the even letters of dIvViEd. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together.
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