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. Amazingly it’s almost two years since we last blogged a Radian puzzle, so we really looked forward to an interesting challenge today. A complex preamble to say the least. My clue of the week is 15a (SUNDIAL) mostly for its clever definition. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 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. Quiptic crossword No 1,220. RIP Liz Geear. Smooth clueing all the way. British dished rupees out for such as Gunga Din (6): BHISTI: BRITISH* less R. I think the puzzle is a mixed bag. Clearly clued and with concise and meaningful surface readings. I liked 13 & 20 particularly. April 2023. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 39 Comments. Quiptic crossword No 1,227 Published: 21 May 2023 . We have another situation today in which the numeration for the very long answer can’t be given due to software constraints. TIP-OFF: Depression over rotten clue (3-3) Reverse of PIT (depression) + OFF: 4. The scheduled blogger scchua is still on holiday (lucky scchua) so today you have me as the stand-in (lucky you). Double definition. 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. Another fine Quiptic from one of the more recent additions to the setting stable for this slot. Thanks to Chifonie. Recommended Reviews. (e) T(R)IE – not totally sure about the def here, but couldn’t make any other TRI? answer make more sense. A challenge, but worth the effort. 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. Guardian Quiptic. 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. Thanks to Picaroon. 5 Afterthought adult crammed into gift bag (8) KNAPSACK – PS (afterthought) A (adult) in KNACK (gift). cad clue as definition. (accident and emergency, so “hospital department”). Most probably the last photo taken of him. I put a tick against about half of the answers, but my favourites were 2dn and 26ac. Very bad, the French records (10)Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 4, 2018 I found this a bit harder than usual for Rosa and just as entertaining. 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. Bartland is a comparatively new setter of the Quiptic. Across. Speedy crossword No 1,467. This type of clue is one of the reasons that many solvers don’t appreciate Anto’s efforts at compiling a Quiptic puzzle. When those handhelds went into the dustbin of IT history, I entered the info on my own PC. 9 Oddly your bit. November 2023. Quiptic crossword No 1,218. Decorate (5) 13. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Speedy, Everyman and Azed Email observer. 10 Octahedral crystal, a chunk with end broken off. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Print | PDF version | Accessible version. Angela Brazil was (or indeed is) famous for her schoolgirl stories: 6. I think Jason is a new setter for me – hullo, Jason! – and, aside from its opening with an anagram at 1ac. Quiptic 1227. 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] 5: BAFFLE: Fox starts to frolic freely in hay? (6) First letters of/”starts to” F[rolic] F[reely], inside BALE=”hay?”Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Solving time: 13 minutes. Speedy 1441 <<< Older Puzzles. Quiptic crossword No 1,207. crosser. You. Quiptic 1,217 by Carpathian. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thanks, flashling. Print | Accessible version. tennis point. 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. Solving time: about an hour. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More. Contact the crossword editors. Speedy 1441 <<< Older Puzzles. 00 EST. 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. Set by: Kite. June 1, 2020 June 1, 2020 by Pierre. 1 One close to Sun’s lawyers strands a reporter initially at sea. A straightforward start to the week from one of the masters of the cryptic definition. May 26, 2023 May 22, 2023 by Widdersbel. Quiptic crossword No 1,221. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Solving time: 22 minutes. Read more >>Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. It is published on theguardian. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. 11 High pressure in most of ridge overturned volcanic debrisA fine puzzle in Nimrod’s very distinctive style. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. A bhisti is an Indian water-carrier, as was Gunga Din in Kipling’s poem: 6. Phi usually appears on Friday rather than today (Thursday). Thanks to Pan. For the clue PUZZLE, we are looking for an answer that contains 7 letters. Across; 6: CLANG – 2 defs. 9 With. BRAZIL: Angela‘s supporter, backing the Queen, briefly (6) BRA + reverse of LIZ. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Quiptic 596/Hectence. crosswords​@theguardian. Abbreviations. 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). Across; 1: MPRET – PR in MET. Categories Guardian Quiptic 13 Comments. Crosswords Quiptic crossword No 1,227 Print | Accessible version Set by: Hectence Sun 21 May 2023 19. anagrind = anagram indicator. Speedy, Everyman and Azed Email observer. 6 Ten made to run around without information, forgetting disorder. May 29, 2023 by Pierre. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. 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. 5 bathrooms. Thanks, Jason. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. My favourite clues here are 1A, 16&17A, 24A and 6D. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 39 Comments. crosswords​@theguardian. Tue 27 Jun 2023 19. Today’s Cryptics. Some tricky clues here. Sun 19 Mar 2023 20. 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. Print | Accessible version. Top puzzle, that. I was relieved finally to retrieve my solved copy of this from the recycling bin, as I did not want to find time for re-solving it before doing the blog. Quiptic crossword No. 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. Speedy crossword No 1,467 Published: 18 Nov. I like my birds and I love my cricket, so I couldn’t not have a good crack at this one. Cryptic crossword No 29,191. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. A letter must be inserted into all down and most across clues before solving. Sun 25 Jun 2023 19. 1227 (7,4) 7. This was really enjoyable, not a walk in the park more, but rewarding if you stick with it. com every MondayThe Guardian Quiptic 1227 May 22, 2023 Crossword Answers. September 9, 2019 by Pierre. It also has a presence in the US and Australia as Guardian US and Guardian Australia. 9 CHE RUB. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. Across 1 We sing in Oregon, America, with chaplain leading (6) CHORUS – CH (chaplain) OR (Oregon) US (America). Definitions are underlined in the clues. The September Genius puzzle has been set by Kite . 1 Complaint one twit receives over a bit of a pint (5,5). You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Many thanks to Exit (who is one of the (Independent) regulars at Fifteensquared). 00 EST. dd double definition. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. I may well have passed through this Devon town, but that would have been a very long time ago. Gaufrid in 1950. 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 27ac (HYENA) and I am also wowed by 14dn (FIBRILLATE) and 24dn (BLESS). Only one sense of “garotte” is at work here,. 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. Across. Steffen. 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. 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. At the end of the allotted time, some gaps existed in the left bottom corner (22a, 29a, 18d). Quiptic crossword No 1,217. Across: 1. 00 EDT Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep. 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. com. I like my birds and I love my cricket, so I couldn’t not have a good crack at this one. Thanks to Courtier. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. A grid with lots of letters with little black space – just how I like them. Monday Prize Crossword on 13 December 2010 Another delightful puzzle from a great wordsmith whose slick facility with the English word continues to entertain and beguile us. Across: 1. A pleasant and easy outing with Rosa. Click search. Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius Email guardian. 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. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More. Guardian Quiptic 1,226/Bartland. Across: 5. . Definitions are underlined in the clues. Private kills time, having become old (8) OFFS (kills in. Sun 20 Dec 2009 19. Quick crossword No 16,581. May 15, 2023 by Pierre. First up, a big “Thank you!” to Gaufrid, for covering for me these past few weeks when I was away on vacation. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. regularly) “ repasts “. Independent 9064/Hob. Decorate (5) 13. Guardian Quiptic 1,214/Bartland. June 19, 2023 May 21, 2023 by Kitty. ACROSS. Across; 1: ALBANY HERALD – (a ballad Henry)*. Across; 6: BURN YOUR BRIDGES — cd — good cryptic def. Gaufrid in 1950. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Quiptic crossword No 1,221. I put a tick against about half of the answers, but my favourites were 2dn and 26ac. A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. Learn how your comment data is processed. (a bugbear of mine), I can’t find much to fault in this very enjoyable puzzle. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. MODISH: In a very short time, girl to be quiet (6) MO + DI + SH: 9. (. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 30, 2013. The scheduled blogger scchua. 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. This type of clue is one of the reasons that many solvers don’t appreciate Anto’s efforts at compiling a. Read more >> Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Favourites were 13ac, 17ac, 1dn, 2dn, 15dn, and 18dn. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 3, 2015 . I can’t see it in Chambers but then again, I can’t see any other candidates. Quiptic; Genius; Speedy; Everyman; Azed; Azed Crosswords. Not too tricky, with neat cluing and surfaces. Nothing too troublesome, although a tiny grumble for the purists might be he use of “a” in 12 across. 1227 Judge Pl is a 2,577 square foot house on a 9,053 square foot lot with 3 bedrooms and 2. Lorraine: Nice easy plod along this week, had to look up 1 down and 7 down to confirm my guesses. Set by: Arachne Sun 21 Mar 2004 19. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. TIP-OFF: Depression over rotten clue (3-3) Reverse of PIT (depression) + OFF: 4. Solving time: 14:15. Across; Clue No: Additional letter: Entry <> = spaces(s) Clue (definition underlined) / Logic/Parsing1: A: PARADE GROUND: A gap under road developing: drill here (12, two words) / anag, i. An enjoyable and relatively gentle end to the week. Read more >> Guardian Quiptic 1,228/Matilda May 29, 2023. May 1, 2023 by Pierre. A very enjoyable challenge. This was really enjoyable, not a walk in the park more, but rewarding if you stick with it. Coupla quibbles but otherwise a solid Tuesday offering. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 30, 2013. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. The author’s real name was David John Moore Cornwell. Quiptic 1,253 by Bartland; Independent 11,578/Wire; Guardian Cryptic 29,232 by Vulcan; Everyman 4,021/12 November; Azed No. The puzzle is available here. 1. 1227 (7,4) 7. Across: 1. 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. Independent 11,422 by Xestobium. ) An enjoyable puzzle from Tuesday regular Phssthpok, with a couple at the end taking slightly longer. A quick start with the longer clues all falling early, then got stuck for a while in the North-West. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Never heard of 2D but the clue is clear enough and did smile at 20D and 23A. Quiptic crossword No 1,227 Published: 21 May 2023 . April 2023. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Sun 4 Jun 2023 19. A fellow repeatedly found in home is most uncool (7) NAFFEST : A + FF (2x/repeatedly, abbrev. 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’. Guardian Quiptic 1,228/Matilda. Hectence has been doing Quiptics for quite a few years now, I think, and is very good at them, though I. A good one for less experienced solvers, I think; for this reason I’ve tried to give full explanations. 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. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. There are some tricky clues, such as 27a (SWATCH), and one unusual meaning, 25a (AKIMBO). A lovely cinematic experience from Brummie today. Across; 1: PURCHASE dd: 5: ASSENT *(N[orth] + S[outh] + EAST): 9: IN FLIGHT dd. 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. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. : 5: DASYPOD – (DOPY + SAD)<. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. Quite a tough week, with lots of good vocabulary to discover. September 9, 2019 by Pierre. Across: 1. I don’t think I’ve blogged a Gurney puzzle before (though I’ve come across him as Raich in the Indie). /lacking taste or style. Tue 27 Jun 2023 19. 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. January 2, 2020 by Bertandjoyce. Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence May 22, 2023 by A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. April 2023. Crossword Clues. First answer written. Sun 1 Jan 2023 19. 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. A web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry. Read more >> Categories Guardian 40 Comments. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. May 22, 2023 by Widdersbel. Another enjoyable mixed bag from Cinephile. Jane and I would like to thank everyone for making the (first) Sloggers and Betters York weekend such an amazing event. 00 EST 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. And some lovely fun clues – 3 down would have to be my pick of the bunch – I can even hear. )E (b) HIEROGRAMMATE – (rag Rome)* in him, ate = worried. May 21, 2023. Strangely, there is one clue, 27dn, that appears to be seriously broken but which I solved easily nonetheless. Quiptic crossword No 1,220. ,U. Constant criticism curtailed at parting (6)The Don provides this morning's FT puzzle. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Wondered if there was a date-specific reason for this, but cannot see a theme. The ever-reliable Hectence provides our entertainment today. 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’. First puzzle in the new year and it is one of my favourite setters. Poins today. A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. 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. Nice cd too: 11: THEATRE – THE + A + T(osh) + RE: 12: PANATELLA – PA around {AN + TELL around A}: 13: KRILL – KILL around (lobste)R: 14: ALPHABET SOUP – “ALF” +. Cryptic crossword No 29,076. d. 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. Quick crossword No 16,664. CAPONS – CAP (EU policy) + ON (on) + S (small). SURTAX: Charge almost certain to prove trying (6) SUR[E] + TAX: 10. I did manage it, but only because I was familiar with the ducks – I’d not have got many of them from the wordplay. Sun 21 Apr 2002 19. PeeDee has been having internet access problems so I am standing in for him, not that I mind because Monk is one of my favourite setters. January 2, 2020 by Bertandjoyce. A fine offering from Viking. (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. A lot easier than the run-of-the-mill. 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. Rodriguez provides today’s challenge. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Quiptic crossword No 1,227. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 30, 2014. . cd cryptic definition. 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). Mudd’s puzzle today was a pleasant solve, themed around Scotland. Today’s Cryptics. Contact the crossword editors. Quite a delightful morning exercise which did not trouble me at all except 23A but help was very quickly forthcoming. Sun 2 May 2021 19. 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. Typically Araucarian puzzle with a theme of coloured butterflys. Quiptic crossword No 1,227 Published: 21 May 2023 . EAT : 2nd, 4th and 6th letters of (. Read more >> Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. d. May 21, 2023. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. The original blogger couldn’t make it on time, so it’s me again. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. 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. I also like 10A (WELL-NIGH). crosswords​@theguardian. A PDF of the crossword can be found here Exit 1 @ York 2018, for the interactive version look here and Pick Your Own. (a bugbear of mine), I can’t find much to fault in this very enjoyable puzzle. Guardian Quiptic 1,034/Hectence. Across; 1: THE GAP; T[he], + HEAP around G[ood] – as in the classic London Underground phrase “Mind the gap”. A puzzle from Hoskins to start the Indy week. 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. 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. On the hard side, as one expects from Nimrod. The top right corner held me up at the end, as did the long down clue which still baffles me a bit. I have two small nits to pick, but neither got in the way of my enjoyment of this one. Announcements. Gaufrid in 1993. for “fellow”) contained in ( found in) NEST (a home/a place where, say, an insect breeds or shelters). Quiptic Quiptic crossword No 1,221. Guardian Quiptic 1,072/Pan. Solving time: 20′ Another rather fast solve for me… though spent a couple of minutes at first staring until the first clue (EVITA) succumbed. A web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry. Quick crossword No 16,581. 9: POINT OF NO RETURN — cd — ref. The insertion indicator is ‘edged with’. 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. A well-clued and straightforward puzzle from Hectence today, with only a couple of clues falling into the more difficult category. A good deal (4) 8. A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. Quiptic crossword No 1,221. An enjoyable Sunday outing with Raich, to whom thanks. Set by:. Monday Prize Crossword on 21 June 2010 Another painless way to start the week, solving smooth clues and enjoying slick surfaces. Had the same eye sage construction. Defn:. Speedy, Everyman and Azed Email. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. The construction of this crossword was reminiscent of a puzzle a few months ago. 00 EDT. And one I know nothing about. 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. It’s Hectence’s turn to provide a Quiptic this week. 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. Good morning, Quiptic crossworders. The usual smattering of clever and nudge nidge wink wink clues as well. (Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Quiptic 1,233 by Hectence. Across; 1: COBBLERS + PEGS (= wickets = cricket stumps) – this stuff. Thanks to Chifonie. Guardian Quiptic 1183 Hectence. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 8. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman. Thanks to Philistine.