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Guardian Cryptic Survey Results

Thu September 3, 2026 at 3:06 pm by Admin

Some of you recently took part in the survey, originally posted here The results are now available here Thanks to all who took part.

YORK SLOGGERS & BETTERS 2026

Thu September 3, 2026 at 3:12 pmTue September 1, 2026 at 11:07 am by Admin

Friday 23^rd-Sunday 25^th October 2026

Private Eye ( Cyclops / 837 ) Oval Wall Game

Sat September 5, 2026 at 1:00 am by beermagnet

Some of you may have been looking for this blog this time last week.
The last Private Eye covered 3 weeks and it was very clear in the printed Crossword that entries could arrive up to yesterday (Friday 4th Sep), but I see no-one told the website which has been saying “no longer accepting entries” for the past week. Ho hum.

Guardian Prize 30,098 / Imogen

Sat September 5, 2026 at 3:06 amSat September 5, 2026 at 12:02 am by Eileen

It’s Imogen in the Prize slot

Listener No 4933 Organ Donor by eXternal

Fri September 4, 2026 at 4:00 pm by Chalicea

Dave Hennings’ Crossword Database tells me that this is eXternal’s seventh Listener crossword (he has created lots of IQs too).

Independent 12,452 by Phi

Fri September 4, 2026 at 9:39 amFri September 4, 2026 at 9:00 am by Quirister

Phiday fun as usual. The original puzzle is at https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent/?puzzleDate=20260904.

Financial Times 18,471 by SOLOMON

Fri September 4, 2026 at 4:21 am by Turbolegs

A fun challenge from SOLOMON!

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,103 by Paul

Fri September 4, 2026 at 4:15 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/30103.

Guardian 30,102 / Brockwell

Thu September 3, 2026 at 9:14 am by Eileen

Brockwell provides the Thursday challenge

Independent 12,451 by Bluejacket

Thu September 3, 2026 at 8:19 am by Bertandjoyce

The original puzzle may be found here.

Bluejacket provides the cruciverbial challenge today.

Financial Times 18,470 by SLEUTH

Thu September 3, 2026 at 8:15 am by Oriel

Thanks to Sleuth for an enjoyable challenge.

Enigmatic Variations 1761 Heroes by Vagans

Thu September 3, 2026 at 7:30 pmThu September 3, 2026 at 8:00 am by twencelas

A perimeter to fill in clued by surplus characters from each clue. Then highlight the final character in the completed grid. Sounds pretty straight forward, but probably isn’t

Independent 12,450 / Samsa

Wed September 2, 2026 at 11:21 am by RatkojaRiku

Samsa has produced our mid-week puzzle today. I have not encountered this compiler’s work before, and he appears to have just one previous Indy crossword blogged on this site.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,101 by Fed

Wed September 2, 2026 at 9:14 amWed September 2, 2026 at 8:41 am by manehi

Thanks to Fed for the puzzle, with a nice mix of clever clues. I particularly liked 14ac, 25ac, 2dn, 3/16, and 13dn.