Guardian Cryptic solvers – this may interest you.
RIP – Orense
RIP – Orense (Jeremy Mutch)
YORK SLOGGERS & BETTERS 2026
Friday 23rd-Sunday 25th October 2026
Guardian 30,095 / Paul
Paul sets the midweek challenge,
Financial Times 18,462 by GOLIATH
Thanks to Goliath for a brilliant challenge.
Independent 12444 / Eccles
Another fortnight goes by, so not surprisingly, we find another puzzle from Eccles.
MyCrossword Featured crossword No 18 by Angel
Hello everyone. Huge apologies, especially to Angel, for the missing blog yesterday. I was recovering from some rather unexpected surgery. Any of the usual typos, non sequesters and grammatical mangling I might be able to blame on post anaesthesia, not that anyone would fall for that.
See you all on Saturday for the Indy.
Inquisitor 1973: Getting Walloped by Kruger
Kruger is the third most prolific setter of the Inquisitor puzzles blogged on fifteensquared, so we are dealing with a challenge from an experienced setter this week.
Independent 12,443 by Umpire
Umpire appears in the Independent for the third month in a row. The original puzzle is at https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent/?puzzleDate=20260825.
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,094 by Turnstone
Thanks to Turnstone for today’s puzzle – I think this is their first Guardian Cryptic. I particularly liked 6ac, 15ac, 2dn, and 8dn.
Financial Times 18,461 by SLORMGORM
This was fun. Slormgorm frequently coincides with my blogging slot, and every time I start off thinking that the familiarity developed from past blogs will help in solving each new puzzle. Wrong again, since this puzzle provided its own twists and turns.
Spectator 2764: Placenames by Doc
A fairly well telegraphed theme, or so it seemed, from Doc this week, with the puzzle title and reference to a ‘section in Chambers‘…
Financial Times 18,460 by MUDD
MUDD kicks off the week…
Independent 12,442/Hubble
A solid and entertaining cryptic from Hubble to start the crosswording week in The Independent.
Guardian 30,093: Vulcan
A generous supply of helpful anagrams made this easy to get into. Thanks to Vulcan.
Financial Times 18,459 by Rosa Klebb
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 22, 2026
Guardian Quiptic 1,396 by Carpathian
This week’s Quiptic can be found here
Gemelo No. 44
A finely crafted puzzle this week. Solving the four long perimeter clues certainly helped lock the rest into place.