I had been on tenterhooks since the Magpie get-together in January, where KGB informed me he had the April Genius slot, and I started having traumatic flashbacks to his previous one (Genius 265, the ‘redaction puzzle‘)…
Guardian
Guardian Quick Cryptic 109 by Dice
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Guardian Prize Prize crossword No 29,990 by Brummie
A straightforward unthemed (unless we’ve missed something) puzzle from Brummie for this week’s Prize challenge.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,995 by Paul
Thanks to Paul for the puzzle…
Guardian 29,994: Tramp
Tramp’s puzzles are always fun to solve and blog, and this was no exception. A couple of tricky bits of parsing, and an ingenious long anagram, which is something of a trademark of this setter. Thanks to Tramp
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,993 by Brummie
Brummie raises a chuckle this morning.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,992 by Qaos
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29992.
Guardian Quiptic 1,379/Anto
Anto has this week’s Quiptic for us.
Guardian Quick Cryptic 108 by Ludwig
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,984 by Imogen (18 April 2026)
Like London buses, you wait ages for an Imogen Prize puzzle to blog, and then two come along in quick order… Lucky me…this one is a treat…
Guardian 29,989 / Ix
A Friday debut two weeks in a row
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,988 by Brockwell
Thanks to Brockwell, this was a fun challenge and my favourites were 7dn, 8dn, and 16dn.
Guardian 29,987: Anto
Several helpful anagrams and hiddens to get us started on this one, and the rest went in pretty smoothly. Thanks to Anto.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,986 by Brendan
One to take a little time over?