Puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 25, 2025
Puzzle by Median for York S&B
Median brought a puzzle along yesterday for the S&B. It wasn’t submitted in time to be blogged but if you want to have a go, or need to check the solutions, the puzzle … Read more >>
Financial Times Sunday 116 – News by Leonidas
The regular monthly topical crossword. Find it to download and print at ft.com/crossword
York S & B 24th Oct 2025 by Platypus
Platypus here is an alias for a large group of setters who all contributed to the puzzle. You can solve the puzzle at https://mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2788.
York S&B 2025: “Something for the Weekend” by Leo
I offered to blog one of the crosswords for the weekend, and those who spotted the thread will have found it funny I ended up blogging Leo’s crossword. This crossword can be found here as a pdf.
If you were at York S&B…
Someone left a pair of glasses, in a Boots case, at the Marcia. If they’re yours, get in touch and we’ll get them returned to you. And what a wonderful occasion it was!
York S&B 2025 puzzle by Komorník
Morning everyone. There will probably be some sore heads in York today: some from the ale, some from having a go at this beast of a grid from Komornik.
Guardian Quiptic 1,353/Carpathian
Carpathian always gives us a carefully constructed and tractable puzzle for the Quiptic slot, so UK solvers shouldn’t have needed the extra hour today to solve this one.
Independent on Sunday 1,861/Filbert
I don’t know about you, but I seldom finish a Filbert crossword these days in one sitting.
S&B 2025 puzzle by ALP
A remote entry for the S&B: doubly so, because neither setter nor blogger could make it to York. But I hope you’ve had a good weekend! Here’s a PDF of the puzzle.
York S& B 2025 by Exit
Exit’s puzzle for the York S&B can be found here .
York Attendees by Henri
Henri has set a number of puzzles for S&B events. He also set Inquisitor 1901 which was quite a challenge but very satisfying at the end when the theme revealed itself. Once again, Henri has given up his time in setting a puzzle for us for which he will receive no fee! Many thanks.
Preamble
Welcome to York! Eight Down answers of a kind must be modified before entry. An Across answer, similar but different to the eight, describes the state of the modified entries. Ten further clues contain an extra word; eight of these indicate a thematic word and the other two are useful for solving. The unclued entry is a ninth example of the theme. One grid entry that is outwardly ambiguous can be resolved by deduction. In the completed grid highlight an appropriate set of four contiguous cells.
If you were not able to attend the S&B at York but would like to solve his barred puzzle, click HERE.
Destination X / Egbert – S&B October 25
This puzzle was submitted for the Sloggers & Betters get together in York on 24th and 25th October 2025. The setter Egbert is Bert of the fifteensquared blogging duo Bertandjoyce. The blank puzzle can be downloaded HERE
Everyman 4,122
A mostly straightforward Sunday stroll last week.