Twin makes his first appearance of 2025 today.
Day: 4 January 2025
Quick Cryptic 40 by Carpathian
This is the fortieth 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. This puzzle can be found here.
Private Eye (Cyclops/794) Xmas Monster
This was a Pseuds Corner special. An event that recurs every leap year.
I’m sure there is a very good reason.
Pseuds Corner is one of the several longstanding mini sections in the Eye (link) and it deserves it longevity.
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,577 by Kite (28 December 2024)
What could be more traditional than doing a jigsaw over the Xmas/New Year period?! Kite provides an alphabetical one for us here, and also provides me with the opportunity for my 500th blog on this site…