Never knowingly undersolved
Good morning fellow solvers
A themed grid from Methuselah, with working out the theme arguably more fiendish than the crossword itself. Never have I been more grateful to be part of the Indy blogging team, who have the pleasure of receiving these a bit in advance of publication!
This is the thirty-first 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. There is a summary of the tricks used in the first six months here. This puzzle can be found here.
I would normally take the Guardian puzzle with me on a train journey but last Saturday the journey was to the S and B at York and it was my blog and so … Read more >>
Cyclops has some depressingly doom-laden (if they come true) prophecies this fortnight…
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 27, 2024