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Guardian 29,824 – Brummie
Slightly tricky for a Monday puzzle, I thought, but with enough easy clues get going with. Thanks to Brummie.
Independent 12,172/Brunel
As the football chant goes, Are You Cyclops in Disguise?
Financial Times 18,185 by SLORMGORM
SLORMGORM kicks off the week…
Financial Times 18,184 by Julius
Weekend puzzle from the FT of October 11, 2025
New approach to comment numbering
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Guardian Quiptic 1,351/Anto
Anto has the Quiptic for us this weekend.
Independent on Sunday 1,859 by Filbert
Filbert making their customary Sunday appearance.
Everyman 4,120
A pleasant Everyman this week.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (homophone, hidden, containment, anagram, juxtaposition, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
Azed No. 2,771 plain – competition puzzle
A slightly odd grid in that there are the usual straddling 12-letter answers and sixteen 4-letter ones. But this apart we have a perfectly pleasant crossword with many of the usual nice clues. Sometimes Azed has just relied for difficulty on strange words, it being fairly obvious what is happening in the wordplay, but he is also as one would expect clever from time to time.
Definitions underlined, in crimson. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*.
Guardian Quick Cryptic 80 by Chandler
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, mark 2, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Independent 12,171 by Twin
A tricky puzzle from Twin today.
Guardian Quick Cryptic 80 by Pasquale
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,817 by Brendan (4 October 2025)
I’ve blogged some interesting and challenging Prize puzzles by Brendan in the last couple of years, usually with a theme or a twist to the tale…so what does this one hold for us?…
Cyclops 814 – Apoplectic Diplomat
Do not adjust your sets! Due to an administrative and logistical c0ck-up I forgot to blog Eye 813, for which my abject apologies, but beermagnet kindly filled in for me, to whom my eternal thanks, and I am now on even-numbered puzzles – at least until the Christmas Special messes around with our schedule…
Listener 4886: Using Better Words by Paddock
Welcome back to Paddock, whom we last met in March when we played with Scrabble tiles. This time we are Using Better Words …