Twin provides our Thursday challenge this week.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,797 by Vlad
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29797.
Financial Times 18,158 by GOZO
Gozo's up this Thursday morning.
Enigmatic Variations No.1710 – Immutable by Vismut
“Extra words in some clues are synonyms for different words which each form a square in the grid within which a circle, touching all sides, must be drawn. In 14 other clues the wordplay gives one incorrect letter. Read from the grid the correct letters name an IMMUTABLE character. Read in clue order, the incorrect letters indicate what colour to fill the grid and how many circles to fill with what colour. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Independent 12,144 by Eccles
What do we expect on a Wednesday? An Eccles puzzle. No complaints here then.
Guardian 29796 / Paul
If you see Paul’s name as the setter for a Guardian puzzle ,you know you are going to be facing a challenge. That was definitely the case for me today.
Financial Times 18,157 by MONK
Thanks to Monk for this morning’s challenge.
Independent 12,143 / Magus
A thematic challenge to get one’s teeth into today – it is Tuesday after all!
Inquisitor 1923: Parallels by Apt
Parallels by Apt
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,795 by Philistine
An enjoyable challenge – I especially liked 5ac, 10ac, 18ac, and 3dn. Thanks to Philistine for the puzzle
Financial Times 18,156 by PETO
I was sailing through today’s puzzle from Peto when I hit a brick wall of noncomprehension on the last four clues, which took me as long to solve and parse as all the rest put together. I think I have successfully explained everything in the end.
Financial Times 18,155 by BOBCAT
BOBCAT kicks off the week…
Independent 12,142 by Major
I've not seen this compiler before but I found this an intriguing puzzle with quite a lot of tough wordplay.
Guardian 29,794 – Vulcan
For some reason I found this a bit trickier than usual for this setter, but it all came out in the end. Thanks to Vulcan
Financial Times 18,154 by Neo
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 6, 2025