Today’s puzzle brings a slightly offbeat collection of clues from Gaff . . .
Financial Times 17,885 by MOO
MOO kicks off the week…
Independent 11,878 by Brunel
Brunel starts the week with a relatively rare visit to weekday puzzles
Guardian Cryptic 29,531 by Vulcan
A gentle start to the week.
General Discussion
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Independent on Sunday 1,810 by Filbert
This puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
Guardian Quiptic 1302 Anto
Thank you to Anto. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Gather heat is on the rise (5,2) ROUND UP : ROUND(a heat/one of the elimination stages in a competition leading up … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,732 – Plain
A 13 x 11 grid this week.
Guardian Genius 256 by Claw
Is it Groundhog Month? This time last year I had a Claw October Genius to blog, I went to the Times Champs and met Claw at the pub afterwards, and then met him again at the York get-together… Can you guess what happened this year?!
Everyman 4,071 by Everyman
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4071.
Independent cryptic No. 11,877 by Methuselah
Good morning fellow solvers
A themed grid from Methuselah, with working out the theme arguably more fiendish than the crossword itself. Never have I been more grateful to be part of the Indy blogging team, who have the pleasure of receiving these a bit in advance of publication!
Quick Cryptic 31 by Carpathian
This is the thirty-first 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. There is a summary of the tricks used in the first six months here. This puzzle can be found here.
Guardian Prize 29,524 / Brummie
I would normally take the Guardian puzzle with me on a train journey but last Saturday the journey was to the S and B at York and it was my blog and so … Read more >>
Cyclops 790 – Supreme Election-Denier
Cyclops has some depressingly doom-laden (if they come true) prophecies this fortnight…
Financial Times 17,878 by Julius
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 27, 2024