manehi – Fifteensquared

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,087 by Dice

Mon August 17, 2026 at 9:21 am by manehi

Many thanks to Dice – I especially liked 10ac, 8dn, 16dn, and 21dn.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,085 by Pangakupu

Fri August 14, 2026 at 11:00 am by manehi

Thanks Pangakupu for the puzzle, I especially liked 1ac, 16ac, 23ac, and 16dn.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,078 by Paul

Thu August 6, 2026 at 9:58 amThu August 6, 2026 at 9:00 am by manehi

Thanks to Paul for the puzzle – I especially liked 12ac, 25,24 and 26,20…

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,071 by Brendan

Wed July 29, 2026 at 9:41 amWed July 29, 2026 at 9:02 am by manehi

Thanks Brendan for a tricky and very enjoyable solve.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,064 by Brummie

Tue July 21, 2026 at 9:28 am by manehi

Thanks to Brummie for a fun puzzle with some tricky cluing. My favourites were 11ac, 12ac, 18ac, and 20dn.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,057 by Vulcan

Mon July 13, 2026 at 1:48 am by manehi

Thanks Vulcan for today’s puzzle – I especially liked 21ac, 22ac, 5dn, and 19dn.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,055 by Brockwell

Fri July 10, 2026 at 12:46 pmFri July 10, 2026 at 9:21 am by manehi

Thanks to Brockwell for today’s puzzle, my favourites were 2dn, 18dn, and 23dn.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,048 by Paul

Thu July 2, 2026 at 9:37 am by manehi

Thanks to Paul for the puzzle, with several that took a little while to work out – my favourites were 19ac, 24ac, and 5dn.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,041 by Brummie

Wed June 24, 2026 at 9:14 am by manehi

A fun solve – my favourites were 10ac, 11ac, and 12ac. Many thanks to Brummie.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,034 by Vlad

Tue June 16, 2026 at 9:32 am by manehi

A tricky solve, with many fun clues and several bits of parsing that needed more time at the end. Many thanks to Vlad for the puzzle.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,027 by Vulcan

Mon June 8, 2026 at 8:57 am by manehi

Thanks to Vulcan for the puzzle – my favourites were 22ac, 26ac, 3dn, 4dn, and 19dn.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,025 by Brendan

Fri June 5, 2026 at 12:34 pmFri June 5, 2026 at 11:55 am by manehi

Thanks Brendan for a fun puzzle that was quite tricky in places – I’m still unsure on some parsing. edit: thanks to Balfour, muffin, and others in the comments!

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,018 by Kite

Thu May 28, 2026 at 10:35 am by manehi

A mix of tricks in the clueing made this difficult to parse in a number of places. My favourites were 21ac, 22dn, and 23dn. Thanks to Kite for the puzzle

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,011 by Brummie

Wed May 20, 2026 at 8:30 am by manehi

A puzzle with many nice clues – I especially liked 14ac, 3dn, 8dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Brummie

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 30,004 by Philistine

Tue May 12, 2026 at 11:48 amTue May 12, 2026 at 8:54 am by manehi

A very enjoyable puzzle – I particularly liked 15ac, 25ac, 18dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Philistine