Sat May 11, 2024 at 8:30 am

Independent No. 11,727 by Bluth

Mon May 13, 2024 at 6:00 pmSat May 11, 2024 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

Morning everyone, and happy Saturday

My third outing blogging a grid by Bluth, who is normally a setter I enjoy solving with their gentle style and clever clue constructions.

Guardian Quick Cryptic 6 by Maskarade

Mon January 19, 2026 at 11:46 amSat May 11, 2024 at 1:35 am by Shanne

This is the sixth Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords. The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here. The puzzle can be found here.

Financial Times (Jumbo) 17,725 by Julius

Sat May 11, 2024 at 12:02 am by mc_rapper67

My first blog of an FT puzzle – it seems they put out an extra cryptic last weekend, a 23×23 Jumbo, presumably for all that extra time people would have on their hands with the Bank Holiday! The regular FT blogger couldn’t fit this into his schedule, so he put it out to tender…

FT 17,726 by Pedrock

Wed January 21, 2026 at 10:01 pmSat May 11, 2024 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 4, 2024

Guardian Prize 29,374 / Brockwell

Sat May 11, 2024 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

Brockwell seems to be a fairly recent addition to The Guardian stable of setters, but I have blogged quite a few crosswords set under his alter ego Grecian in The Independent series. … Read more >>