Month: November 2024

Guardian 29,543 / Vulcan

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Vulcan starts the week in his customary fortnightly Monday slot. This should suit those who like a ‘gentle’ Monday puzzle – the traditional medley of anagrams and double and cryptic (some more so … Read more >>

Azed 2734

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Thanks to Azed for another quality puzzle.   Across 1 GRAITH Scottish dress (old-fashioned) one kept in sanctuary once (6)A (one) in GRITH (sanctuary) 7 YACCA Evergreen causing hard grind for Aussie by … Read more >>

Everyman 4,073/10 November

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I found this week’s puzzle a bit clunky and niggly, with some fairly unconvincing surface readings. Let’s see what everyone else thought. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1812 Filbert

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Thank you to Filbert (a Sunday hat trick for him). Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Prayer provided illumination for some (6) LITANY : LIT(provided illumination/shone light on) plus(for) ANY(some/an unquantified … Read more >>

Quick Cryptic 33 by Picaroon

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This is the thirty-third 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.

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Private Eye (Cyclops/791) Unpaid Pension

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Private Eye has a number of parts that have provided solid amusement for many years decades.  I always find a handful of cartoons that catch my funny bone.  Of course there are the serious sections too, but other long standing humorous sections that somehow keep delivering include Colman CommentatorBalls and  Look-a-likes.

Another is the Eye crossword.

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