A very warm welcome back to Smudge, who we’ve not seen at the Listener since 4388 and 4503! But we have a confession to make …
Day: 2 May 2025
Financial Times 18,042 by ZAMORCA
Sorry, gentle solvers, you get me blogging three days in a row…
Independent 12,032 / Phi
Phi has brought yet another suite of mid-week puzzles to an end.
Cryptic crossword No 29,684 by Soup
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29684.
Guardian Easter Special Prize Cryptic Crossword No 29,673 set by Maskarade (19 April 2025)
They say that ‘all good things come to those who wait‘ and, after nearly four years and 46 Saturday Prize Grauniad blogs, I finally get to be on duty for an Easter Bank Holiday special! In recent years this has become pretty much the exclusive domain of Maskarade, who specialises in thematic jumbos/double grids, often with ‘jigsaw’ clues…and this one is no exception…