Panic Over
See comment 15 below
Financial Times 18,032 by MUDD
MUDD kicks off the week…
Guardian 29,674 – Vulcan
Thanks to Vulcan for a Bank Holiday quickie.
Independent 12,022 by Salty
I found this an absolute pleasure to solve – nothing too taxing on the old grey cells, but with a really delightful economy of cluing, along with a great deal of wit.
Financial Times 18,031 by Julius
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 19, 2025
Independent on Sunday 1,834 by Filbert
The puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
Guardian Quiptic 1326 Carpathian
Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues.
Azed No. 2,756 plain
A 12 x 12 grid with four 11 letter words, but no 4 letter ones.
Everyman crossword No 4,095
The puzzle mnay be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4095.
FT JUMBO Crossword 18030 by Leonidas
This is new ground for me. I don’t think I’ve ever attempted a cryptic of this size before and I’ve only done the FT a few times when I’ve found copies of the newspaper lying about on trains.
Independent 12,021 by Bluebird
Bluebird flies in for today’s challenge.
Quick Cryptic 55 by Dice
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Guardian Prize 29,667 / Brendan
It’s always good to see Brendan’s name on a puzzle, especially when it’s a Prize one.
Listener 4861 Plain Cloth by Paddock
We meet Paddock in a range of crosswords, Paddock in the Listener, Phylax in the Magpie, Ranunculus in the EV, Triton, and Phibs as the EV blogger (I hope I’ve got those right) so we know we are in the hands of an expert.
Listener No 4861, “Plain Cloth” by Paddock
According to the Crossword Database (which is operational again after some heavy bot traffic recently), there have been seven puzzles where a certain board game has featured, two of them Listeners. (Spoiler alert, this is the eighth/third.)