Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues.
Independent on Sunday 1,822 by Filbert
The puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
Financial Times Sunday No.77 – News by Leonidas
It’s the last Sunday of the month (already?) which means it’s time once again for the FT’s cruciverbal round-up of topical events. Find it to solve online or download and print at ft.com/crossword, or via the FT smartphone app.
Quiptic 1,314 by Carpathian
Carpathian is back her usual Quiptic spot after a long spell of setting Quick Cryptics. The crossword can be found here.
Everyman 4,083 by Everyman
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4083.
Azed No. 2,744 Plain
A 13 x 11 grid this week, but no 13-letter words.
Independent 11,949 by Bluebird
A poor show from Bluebird today …
Quick Cryptic 43 by Picaroon
This is the forty-third 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 – those rules include not posting solving times. This puzzle can be found here.
Guardian Prize 29,595 / Imogen
It seems that Imogen’s appearances in the Prize slot become less and less predictable. In my last Imogen Prize blog, I wrote, “For a while now, I’ve been used to prefacing my blogs … Read more >>
Listener No 4849 Peace at Last by Priest
Perhaps it is misguided of us to expect a gentle puzzle for the first of the Listener year. This one promised a literary work and we were going to find ‘echoes’ in every … Read more >>
Listener No 4849, “Peace at Last” by Priest
Here we are with the first puzzle of 2025. It’s also the first time in over 33 years that entries will go winging their way to an address not in St Albans. It’s … Read more >>
Guardian 29,600 / Pangakupu
Pangakupu rounds off the week with an enjoyable challenge. A nice variety of clue types, with some ingenious constructions and witty surfaces and definitions. I had ticks for 11ac HIP REPLACMENT, 21ac SPRING … Read more >>
Independent 11,948 by Phi
Our regular Phiday fun.
Financial Times 17,957 by GUY
A fun challenge from GUY this Friday
Enigmatic Variations 1677 No Fine Feathers by Vismut
31 clues missing a letter in their wordplay – The grid-fill will reveal the founder of an organisation and that organisation. 8 normal clues starting letters then need to be organised into what … Read more >>