Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,715 by Vlad (26 March 2022)

My first thought on seeing this puzzle was how current events have given an unfortunate resonance to ‘Vlad’s pseudonym, and I was going to mention that in this blog – but someone beat me to it with a letter in Monday’s Grauniad, where they suggested he should change it to Vlod, in keeping with ‘cancel culture’…or maybe to show solidarity with the Ukrainian president?

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Guardian Cryptic 28720 Anto

Thank you to Anto. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Saw dog wearing lead (7) PROVERB : ROVER(a generic name for a pet dog) contained in(wearing) PB(symbol for the chemical element, … Read more >>

Guardian 28,718 / Nutmeg

A mid-week appearance from Nutmeg, offering a typically elegant and witty puzzle, with lots of ingenious clues and lovely surfaces, as ever. I liked the combination of the 6s, 10, 11, 17, 19, … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 28713 Mobo

Thank you to Mobo (a tricky new setter). Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Search old parts belonging to record? (8,4) QUESTION MARK : QUEST(a search/a hunt for something) + O(abbrev. … Read more >>

Guardian 28,711 / Brummie

It’s Brummie setting today’s challenge, so is there a theme today? You never know what to expect with him. I thought at first that 10ac and 4dn might be leading us somewhere but … Read more >>