CheeseCracker sets the Spectator puzzle this week.
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Spectator Christmas Special 2025 by Doc
The 2025 Spectator Christmas Special – a mammoth effort by Doc, with (approx) 81 clues and no less than 51(?) thematic unclued entries in seven categories! Fortunately, the Christmas edition of the magazine was a triple-weeker, so I had almost 5 weeks to solve and blog. I think I have solved/deduced them all, some on the last day before submission, but readers/commenters may have come up with alternative possibilities – time will tell when the official solution is published on Thursday…
Spectator 2,732 – Play it Tough by La Jerezana
An appropriately themed puzzle from La Jerezena.
Spectator 2731 Knots by Pabulum
I understand that Pabulum no longer contributes regularly but this is a welcome return …
Spectator 2730: Herrlines by Doc
The closing date for this Spectator was earlier than usual, so we are publishing the blog earlier as well
Spectator 2,728 – Friends and Relations by Fire
Fire is the setter of this themed Spectator puzzle.
Spectator 2727: On track by Doc
Doc (who I believe is also the excellent Maskarade in The Guardian) is this week’s setter. There are 11 unclued lights and the rubric tells us they are “of a kind”. When 16 … Read more >>
Spectator 2726: Two against one by La Jerezana
This is my first blog of a Spectator crossword and my first blog of a puzzle by the setter La Jerezana
Spectator 2725 – Tandemonium? by CheeseCracker
This is my first Spectator puzzle blog, although I have been solving (and submitting) them for several years now…and have been lucky enough to win a few prizes along the way…
Spectator 2,724: Word Building by Doc
Doc is the compiler of this Spectator crossword.
Spectator 2723: Not Like Us by Fire
A new chapter …