The monthly puzzle inspired by recent events. Find it to solve online or download and print at ft.com/crossword, or use the FT smartphone app.
Independent on Sunday 1,817/Filbert
Filbert is one of the Independent‘s most frequent setters these days, and I am never disappointed when he turns up on my watch. A pleasing puzzle which took a bit of teasing out, … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,739 Plain
A pleasant but not a terribly demanding Azed before the trials of next week’s Christmas competition. There are unusually several mistakes, which makes one feel that he’d have benefited from an editor, who could have noticed them. But who’d be Azed’s editor? What he says goes, and it’s amazing that for well over 50 years every week we’ve had a nice crossword with very few mistakes. I shall be surprised if next week we find any, even though it will no doubt be highly complicated.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
Everyman 4,078 by Everyman
Everyman to be solved so time to persuade the dog to take me to the pub
A cracker of a crossword by Ludwig
This special puzzle was included in the Guardian’s magazine today.
FT 17,926 Leonidas (themed jumbo)
The preamble to the puzzle reads:
A number of appropriately positioned entries suggest locations in a game. Three unclued entries provide a conclusion.
Independent 11,919 by Methuselah
This took me a long time to solve.
I expect it took a while to set.
No doubt Methuselah had a couple of centuries to spare to put the finishing touches to it.
Quick Cryptic 38 by Chandler
This is the thirty-eighth 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 Crossword 29566 / Picaroon
Picaroon provides the Guardian Prize challenge this week. There was a good mix of general knowledge built into the clues which dipped into literature, film, opera, philosophy, geography and cookery … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,925 by ZAMORCA
A fun challenge from ZAMORCA this Friday.
Guardian 29,571 / Picaroon
Hurrah! After almost four months, I get a Picaroon puzzle to blog. I’m interested to hear how this one went down, after the mixed reaction to yesterday’s puzzle from Paul, where we were … Read more >>
Independent 11,918 by Phi
It’s good to see Phi back in his normal slot.
Independent 11,917 / Mog
Mog has provided this week’s Thursday teaser. I found this to be a highly entertaining, medium-difficulty puzzle that gave me lots to smile about along the way. I think that I am happy … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,570 by Paul
A slow and tough solve…
Financial Times 17,924 by MUDD
Mudd is the setter today.