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Guardian Cryptic No 29,788 by Brendan
A fun solve, with favourites 8ac, 22ac, 24ac, and 4dn. Thanks to Brendan for the puzzle.
Guardian Quiptic 1,345/Alia
A very quick furtle in the 225 archive suggests that this is a new setter for the Quiptic, in which case welcome to Alia and congratulations to him or her on producing a … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 266 – Claw
The special instructions are slightly mysterious, though with enough information to get us started:
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.