Never knowingly undersolved
Picaroon provides the Guardian Prize challenge this week. There was a good mix of general knowledge built into the clues which dipped into literature, film, opera, philosophy, geography and cookery … Read more >>
Hurrah! After almost four months, I get a Picaroon puzzle to blog. I’m interested to hear how this one went down, after the mixed reaction to yesterday’s puzzle from Paul, where we were … Read more >>
A slow and tough solve…
I found this quite slow going: in retrospect most of the clueing is reasonably straightforward, though with quite a few double definitions. Thanks to Imogen. Across 1 STIGMATISATION Getting denounced, recollecting satanism? … Read more >>
Brummie is the compiler of this morning's puzzle.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29567.
Carpathian returns to setting the Quiptic after a long pause setting the Quick Cryptic with a puzzle that does what it says on the tin. The puzzle can be found here
This is the thirty-seventh Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords. The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here – those rules include not posting solving times. This puzzle can be found here.
A welcome return to the Prize slot for Brockwell.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29565.
Again, there are no comments on the puzzle on the Guardian site today and so I have no idea how this Pasquale puzzle went down over there but I found it an absorbing … Read more >>
A tricky solve – my favourites were 5ac, 10ac, 23ac, 25ac, and 4dn. Thanks to Paul
Regular readers will know I’m not generally a big Anto fan, but I enjoyed this one. A bit of a science-y feel to it, though perhaps not enough to constitute a full theme. … Read more >>
A third Monday outing for Dynamo.
A thoughtfully constructed Quiptic from one of the slot’s most reliable and enjoyable setters. Bravo. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] … Read more >>