Guardian 28,642 / Harpo

We appear to have a new setter to end the year – Harpo has set us an interesting challenge. I really enjoyed this puzzle but I’m afraid I didn’t manage to get entirely … Read more >>

Guardian 28,632 / Maskarade

This is the bumper Guardian Christmas crossword from Maskarade, which did provide us a good few days of various family members poring over it and suggesting answers, so definitely ticked the “fun holiday … Read more >>

Guardian 28,640 – Boatman

A tricky puzzle from Boatman today, though maybe not reaching the level of one self-describing answer. There’s an obvious theme of punctuation marks, found in many of the clues and some of the … Read more >>

Guardian 28,636 / Brendan

It’s good to be seeing Brendan’s name on the puzzle rather more often these days. I, for one, am not complaining. Brendan has, thoughtfully, indicated the theme of the puzzle in the clue … Read more >>

Guardian 28,634 – Fed

Fed has now appeared four times in the Guardian: he’s also seen – rather more frequently – in the Independent as Bluth. I found this quite tricky in places, but with some easy … Read more >>