Phi is moved to Saturday this week to make way for Coot’s celebratory puzzle yesterday.
Day: 9 May 2026
Guardian Quick Cryptic 110 by Budmo
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 829 ) Betrays Tory Party
1 down is topical given that as I type this counting is still going on for the local elections. Lots of talk about swinging and most, like Jenrick, swinging to the right as if they are on an out of control anticlockwise merry-go-round. So many defective, sorry defecting, ex-Cons like him. I’ll say no more here – it’s all too depressing.
Anyway another great crossword from our one-eyed friend. I notice he will soon be starring in Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster epic: “The Odyssey” trailer
FT Bank Holiday Jumbo 18,361 / Leonidas
It’s Leonidas, one of my favourite setters, providing our first Bank Holiday Jumbo.
Guardian Prize 29996 / Fed
The Guardian Prize crossword this week is set by Fed, who is a fairly regular Guardian setter these days. He has also set for the Independent as Bluth, but I haven’t seen his name there so far this year.