The special instructions are slightly mysterious, though with enough information to get us started:
Guardian
Guardian Quick Cryptic 74 by Dice
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Guardian Prize crossword No 29,781 by Enigmatist
Apart from a few more challenging words, I found this less daunting than most Enigmatist offerings, but with plenty of the characteristic inventiveness nonetheless.
Guardian No 29,786 by Kite
A tricky solve with some tough parsing – my favourites were 29ac, 14dn, and 17dn. Thanks to Kite for the puzzle.
Guardian 29,785 – Tramp
Thanks to Tramp for a fun puzzle with some typically inventive clues, including a couple of nice anagrams.
I was short of time for the blog this morning, so please excuse any (inevitable) errors and omissions.
Cryptic crossword No 29,784 by Paul
Paul gets the grey cells working this morning.
Cryptic crossword No 29,783 by Vlad
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29783.
Guardian 29,782 / Vulcan
Vulcan provides the Bank Holiday entertainment.
Quiptic 1,344 by Anto
The Guardian’s current Sunday cryptic crossword found here
Quick Cryptic 73 by Ludwig
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Guardian Prize crossword No 29,775 by Paul
Paul returns to the Prize slot with some characteristically chewy clues.
Guardian 29,780 / Paul
It’s Paul rounding off the weekday puzzles.
Guardian No 29,779 by Pangakupu
A fun solve – my favourites were 9ac, 27ac, 16dn, and 23dn…
Guardian 29,778 – Yank
I found this quite hard to get into, and some clues took me a while to parse even when I had the answer. Unsurprisingly there are a few American references that may be unfamiliar. Thanks to Yank for the puzzle,
Cryptic crossword No 29,777 by Philistine
Philistine is today’s setter.