Bluebird provides us with the Saturday challenge this week.
Quick Cryptic 20 by Picaroon
This is the twentieth 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. The puzzle can be found here.
Financial Times 17,811 by Julius
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 10, 2024
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,458 by Picaroon (10 August 2024)
My fourth Picaroon Prize Puzzle blog of 2024…I took a bit of a wrong turn at the start, but it didn’t make a ‘material’ difference to the end result…
Independent 11810 / Phi
We have the usual end to the Independent working week with a puzzle from Phi. Phi liked his ‘container and contents’ clues today. Half of the clues had some form … Read more >>
Guardian 29,463 – Jack
Thanks to Jack for an enjoyable puzzle, with a good range of difficulty in the clues. Like his alter egos Serpent and Basilisk, Jack usually includes a Nina of some kind, and here … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,816 by GAFF
A solid challenge from GAFF this Friday.
Independent 11,809 by Rodriguez
Rodriguez provides our Thursday challenge this week.
Guardian 29,462 by Brummie
A typically fun, quirky and inventive puzzle from Brummie.
Financial Times 17,815 by Jason
Jason is today’s FT setter.
Enigmatic Variations No.1654 – Verse’s Opening Line by Ifor
“Clues are in normal order, giving every normal entry successively, in sequence. Answers must be entered routinely, in their entirety. Not all clues have orthodox solutions; seven are missing and require identifying, then answering, never straightforwardly. Highlight a phrase that identifies clues; four lines of six, symmetrically.”
Financial Times 17,814 by GOLIATH
Great start to the day from Goliath!
Independent 11,808 by Eccles
It’s a Wednesday and it’s Eccles – all’s well in the world.
Guardian Cryptic 29,461 by Yank
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29461.
Inquisitor 1867: Passed on by Jaques
Passed On by Jaques One word in each across clue must be cut short before solving. In clue order the removed letters give two lines of a verse, missing some words, followed by … Read more >>