Vulcan slips comfortably into his customary fortnightly Monday slot.
Financial Times 18,081 by Julius
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 14, 2025
Quiptic 1,334 by Anto
The current Sunday cryptic offer from the Guardian stable, and meant to be an accessible route into cryptic puzzling. It’s found here
Independent on Sunday 1,842 by Filbert
The puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
Hi all. When the first two acrosses went in readily, I thought I was in for a nice gentle ride. I had to think again. And again, and again …! It certainly took me longer than a typical Filbert, let alone a Filbert on Sunday.
Azed 2764
A reasonably quick solve for me on this one, though I raised an eyebrow at the (unnecessary) use of an outdated derogatory term at 4d. Still, thanks to Azed.
Everyman 4,103
The PDF of the puzzle may be found at https://cdn.observer.co.uk/media/documents/obs.everyman.20250608.pdf as long as it is available.
Independent 12,069 by Amoeba
Amoeba has settled into the Saturday slot and has, shall we say, become known to this solver.
Quick Cryptic 63 by Ludwig
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Guardian Prize 29,715 / Matilda
I was about to begin with ‘A rare but welcome appearance by Matilda in the Prize slot and, when I looked back to see when her last puzzle was, I found that Bridgesong had used those very words (in March).
Independent 12,068 by Phi
Phiday the 13th, but no nightmares here.
Guardian 29,720 / Pasquale
It’s Pasquale rounding off the weekday crosswords.
Financial Times 18,080 by SOLOMON
A tough one from SOLOMON this Friday.
Nottingham S & B puzzle 17 6 a 10 by Cagey
Firstly thanks to Cagey for bringing a puzzle along last Saturday. Given the fact that there was obviously a theme to it, we thought it would be helpful to provide a blog.
THIS is Cagey’s puzzle.
The preamble states:
Having seen 1, unreferenced entries show the subsequent line as described in 36 by 16, 32. To fully appreciate the scene one row must be regarded in its entirety, but ignoring the contributions from the two unreferenced verticals.
One clue comprises wordplay only.
With thanks to ‘Bertandjoyce’ for organising the event and to Karla and Shark for testing this.
Independent 12,067 by Dalibor
A welcome return for Dalibor today.