This is the forty-fifth Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords.
Guardian Prize 29,607 by Paul
A themed puzzle from Paul for this week’s Prize.
Independent 11,960 / Phi
Once again, Phi has brought a suite of mid-week puzzles to an end. I found this to be quite a challenging puzzle, towards the hard end of the Phi difficulty spectrum, with long … Read more >>
Guardian 29,612 – Paul
I didn’t seem to be on the right wavelength at all this morning so found this quite hard, though in retrospect almost everything seems reasonably straightforward, with the exception of one clue that … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,969 by XELA
A generally breezy challenge from XELA this Friday, save for a few clues here and there.
Guardian Cryptic 29611 Ludwig
Thank you to Ludwig. Definitions are underlined in the clues. And if there is a theme, I don’t see it. Across 1. Marriage added to traditions that we recently abandoned (7,5) CUSTOMS UNION … Read more >>
Independent 11959 / Tack
Tack is a relatively new setter in the Independent series, appearing every three months or thereabouts.
Financial Times 17,968 by JASON
A straightforward puzzle this morning.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1679: No Introduction by Gaston
Gaston says that this puzzle ‘requires NO INTRODUCTION’, so I won’t write one…
Independent 11,958 by Eccles
Another week, another Eccles: we seem to be meeting a lot lately.
Financial Times 17,967 by MONK
A medium-difficulty puzzle from Monk this morning.
Guardian Cryptic 29,610 by Harpo
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29610.
Listener No 4849, “Peace at Last”: A Setter’s Blog by Priest
I have been intrigued by Eliot’s poetry (without ever fully understanding it) since I first read The Waste Land at university. What fascinates me is the richness of the literary allusions from a … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1892: Woodcuts by Dysart
Dysart, sadly his last puzzle here, as he died last July.
Preamble: The unclued entry is the title of a work (minus its definite article). 12 clues contain a misprint in the definition; correct letters give the name of its author. Six answers are shorter than their allotted space, and will leave empty cells.