Apologies for a delayed and slightly rushed blog today due to some internet issues. I think this is Dice’s first Guardian Cryptic, following a number of Quiptics and Quicks. Many thanks to Dice, this was good fun.
Financial Times 18,363 by NEO
NEO kicks off this bank holiday Monday…
MyCrossword Featured crossword No 10 by Gennaro
A grid by Gennaro for today.
Independent 12,346 by Bard
A fine Bank Holiday offering from Bard
Financial Times 18,362 by Mudd
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 2, 2026 No grid this week and a differently formatted blog simply because the crossword happened to not be downloadable. There was a download link on … Read more >>
Financial Times Sunday 143 – World by Gozo
A fun geographically themed puzzle. Find it to solve online or download and print at ft.com/crossword
Guardian Quiptic 1,380 by Pangakupu
My four-weekly blog of the Guardian Quiptic puzzle, the online only Sunday Cryptic found here
Everyman 4.149/26 April
Everyman on good form as usual. Just one clue I found a little clunky.
Guardian Genius 274 by KGB
I had been on tenterhooks since the Magpie get-together in January, where KGB informed me he had the April Genius slot, and I started having traumatic flashbacks to his previous one (Genius 265, the ‘redaction puzzle‘)…
Gemelo No. 32
Perhaps the most Azed-like puzzle from Gemelo yet.
Independent on Sunday 1888 Filbert
Thank you to Filbert. Definitions are underlined in the clues.
Independent 12,345 by Bluebird
The puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
Guardian Quick Cryptic 109 by Dice
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Guardian Prize Prize crossword No 29,990 by Brummie
A straightforward unthemed (unless we’ve missed something) puzzle from Brummie for this week’s Prize challenge.
Listener 4915 Hark the Herald by Opsimath
Ah, what a pleasure to find a puzzle by Opsimath. We know that his puzzles are generally among the more approachable, with relatively generous clues to a large vocabulary of words and something original in the endgame.