Never knowingly undersolved
Pasquale kicks off the week in fine style. It’s over a year since I blogged a Pasquale puzzle and I really enjoyed this one. We have an interesting and wide-ranging set of clues … Read more >>
Anto’s first crosswords for the Guardian were in the Quiptic slot, and it’s fair to say that they were not universally well received, either for their quality or for their suitability for the … Read more >>
There’s an unusual, (possibly unique), theme in this month’s Genius puzzle.
This is the eighteenth 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. The puzzle can be found here.
A payoff awaits at the end of Soup’s tour-de-force series of innovative (unorthodox?!?) clues in this week’s Prize slot . . .
Philistine rounds off the week with a typically ingenious and witty puzzle. I had ticks for, among others – too many to list, 1,5 CURRENT ACCOUNT, a neat charade to start us off, … Read more >>
A slow solve with a lot of tricky clues and parsing – my favourites today were 25ac, 8dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Imogen.
A fairly straightforward puzzle this morning, with the four multi-light downs providing lots of helpful crossing letters. Thanks to Pangakupu. Pangakupu puzzles usually have a Maori word or phrase hidden in the grid, … Read more >>
Qaos is the setter of the Guardian puzzle this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29447.
Lovely Quiptic from Pasquale, who produces a range of puzzles at different levels. The crossword can be found here
This is the seventeenth 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. The puzzle can be found here.
A themed puzzle published to coincide with the 55th anniversary of the first landing on the Moon.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29445.
I’m always pleased to see Tramp’s name on a puzzle, especially when I’m blogging it. I hope some of those who have felt a bit battered by some of the puzzles lately will … Read more >>