A fun puzzle – found it slow going at the start until I worked out a few of the longer solutions. Favourites were 1ac, 21ac, and 15dn. Thanks to Maskarade
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Guardian 28,707 – Picaroon
Another great puzzle from Picaroon. Not easy, with some tricky constructions and devious definitions, but well worth the effort and satisfying to finish. Thanks to Picaroon. Across 1 DISCOMBOBULATE Throw party, performing … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,706 by Imogen
Imogen's today's Guardian setter.
Guardian Cryptic 28,705 by Nutmeg
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28705.
Quiptic 1,165 by Anto
Anto’s usual trickier-than-your-average Quiptic. Contains strong language.
Guardian 28,704 / Carpathian
It’s almost exactly a year since my last blog of a Carpathian puzzle and there has been only one cryptic one, among eight Quiptics, since then. I’d like to see Carpathian more often … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 28,697 by Picaroon
A puzzle based on Jules Verne’s novel (recently serialised on the BBC).
Guardian 28,702 / Picaroon
Picaroon rounds off a good week of puzzles with an entertaining medley of ingenious constructions, witty definitions and amusing surfaces – a typical Picaroon puzzle, then. I learned new expressions at 12ac and … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,701 by Crucible
A fun solve…
Guardian 28,700 – Qaos
A lot of straightforward clues here, making this a very quick solve for me. Thanks to Qaos. It took me rather longer to identify the theme, which is the DISCWORLD novels of Terry … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,699 by Brendan
Brendan provides this morning's brain teaser.
Guardian Quiptic 1,164/Chandler
A debut Quiptic puzzle from Chandler, and a fine one it was too. I can only find one Chandler puzzle in the archive, and that was a Genius back from 2019. This was … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,698 by Vulcan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28698.
Guardian Genius 224 – Chandler
Although the instructions seemed clear, it took me a while to realise that the “thematic word” to be paired with the undefined answers was not the same every time. I think it was … Read more >>
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,691 by Paul (26 February 2022)
I think we have a rare beast here – the lesser-spotted ‘vanilla’ puzzle from Paul…