Bluth sets the Saturday cryptic crossword challenge today.
Month: November 2024
Quick Cryptic 35 by Maskarade
This is the thirty-fifth 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 – those rules include not posting solving times. There is a summary of the tricks used in the first six months here. This puzzle can be found here.
Guardian Prize 29,548 / Brummie
It’s Brummie back on a Saturday, exactly four weeks since my blog of his most recent Prize puzzle. I always enjoy Brummie’s puzzle – but there’s an extra hazard here for the blogger: … Read more >>
Cyclops 792 – Polemical Patronage
A relatively tame puzzle from Cyclops, in terms of political satire and skoolboy smuttery in the clueing, that is…
Financial Times 17,902 by Julius
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 23, 2024
Independent 11,900 by Phi
Phi in his regular Friday slot.
Guardian 29,553 – Imogen
A good solid puzzle from Imogen today. I started off quickly in the NW corner; things got a little stickier after that, but it all worked out in the end. Thanks to Imogen. … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,907 by XELA
XELA serves up a gentle challenge today.
Guardian Cryptic 29552 Picaroon
Thank you to Picaroon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Doing loads of laundry, holding one article for Americans (14) WASHINGTONIANS : [WASHING(doing laundry) TONS(loads/very much of] containing(holding) [ I(Roman numeral … Read more >>
Independent 11,899 by Knut
It’s Thursday and we have a Knut to solve and blog. No complaints today.
Enigmatic Variations 1669 Strip Tease by Kcit
A complex preamble but not really that complicated. Regular clues numbered and then pairs of regular clues linked together forming a row or column’s entries and insert the appropriate bars – then highlight … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,906 by BOBCAT
A toughie from Bobcat this morning.
Independent 11,898 / Eccles
Eccles has once again provided the Wednesday puzzle this week. I found this to be an enjoyable, medium-difficulty puzzle, with progress being hampered by the fact that there were no longer entries in … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,905 by MONK
Thanks to Monk for the challenge this morning.
Guardian Cryptic 29,551 by Arachne
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29551.