In the words of 3dn, another nutty dish from Filbert
Everyman 4,112
It seems that Everyman is now closer to producing the sort of pleasant sound straightforward crossword that we used to see in the Everyman slot and which had seemed to be things of the past.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, homophone, juxtaposition, reversal, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green,
Gemelo 4
Gemelo presents his fourth Observer Sunday cryptic crossword and gives me my first opportunity to blog his Sunday work. I have, however, blogged a number of puzzles under his alter ego, Twin, in the Independent series.
Independent 12023 by Coot
Coot – a new name for me to blog. As the premiership season begins.
Quick Cryptic 72 by Maskarade
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Private Eye (Cyclops/810) Big? A Bit Much.
Cyclops still on puerile form with an Eye puzzle I found on the hard side this time.
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,769 by Brendan (9 August 2025)
Are you a methodical solver – start at the first A, work through to the last D – or a ‘flitter’ – eyes darting around the clues and looking for a quick way in?
Financial Times 18,134 by GAFF
A proper headscratcher from GAFF this Friday.
Independent 12122 / Phi
We have a normal end to the Independent weekday set of puzzles with a crossword set by Phi
Cryptic crossword No 29,774 by Vlad
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29774.
Independent 12,121 by Amoeba
Amoeba has been setting for the Independent fairly regularly over the last year. He usually appears on Saturdays or (as here) Thursdays.
Cryptic crossword No 29,773 by Brockwell
It’s the usual summer-holiday reshuffle of the blog rotas: I’m covering for Eileen today, and she will return the favour later this month.
Financial Times 18,133 by MUDD
Mudd is the setter of this morning's FT puzzle.
Enigmatic Variations No.1706 – Impact by Ifor
“Four horizontal bars have been omitted from the two central columns. Having filled the grid, solvers must highlight a pair of words in the outer two columns that describe an action, and show its IMPACT on the grid by moving a thematic block of cells within the central columns, displacing another block and creating five new down entries, no two of which have the same length, to be delineated by adding four bars. The thematic block must also be highlighted. Clues to the 17 across entries that are unchanged each contain a letter to be dropped to enable solving. In clue order these letters spell a thematic name.
“All changes to grid and clues create new words, including one proper name in the grid.”