A fairly straightforward Quiptic from one of our longest-serving setters.
Guardian
Guardian 28,585 / Vulcan
Vulcan starts the week with a reasonably straightforward puzzle. A typical Monday medley, with several double / cryptic definitions and some neat anagrams. I liked the surfaces of 16ac and 3dn. Thanks to … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 28,578 by Paul
An easier-than-usual offering from Paul this week, with a couple of unusual 12 letter clues.
Guardian 28,583 / Picaroon
There’s no better way to round off a fine week of puzzles than one from Picaroon, on top of his form. Some excellent clues here – the outstanding one, for me, at 24ac … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,582 by Paul
Found this tough and slow to solve…
Guardian 28,581 — Brummie
A very quick solve for me today — almost a complete write-in, in fact — helped by a large number of clues involving full or partial anagrams. I initially thought this might constitute … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,580 by Imogen
Imogen's today's Guardian setter…
Guardian Quiptic 1,144/Carpathian
A sound, pleasing and well-constructed puzzle from Carpathian this morning. I’ve nowt more to say about it, and that’s meant as a brava! to the setter. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,579 by Pan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28579.
Guardian Saturday Crossword 28,572 by Tramp (9 October 2021)
After 350-odd posts on this site, this is my first ever Guardian cryptic blog – a personal milestone as I hold the Grauniad cryptic dear to my heart, having cut my cruciverbal teeth on it many aeons ago, and having been lucky enough to win the Saturday Prize (remember them?) on a few occasions…
Guardian Cryptic 28,577 by Picaroon
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28577.
Guardian 28,576 / Vlad
Vlad sets a fairly tough challenge today, especially in the parsing department… … where, to my chagrin, after much staring and head-scratching, I need help in a couple of places (17 and 27 … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,575 by Boatman
Found this tough, and had to guess and check 20dn at the end – still not sure about the parsing. Lots to enjoy, especially 8ac, 24ac, 2dn, 5dn, 11dn, and 17dn.
Guardian 28,574 – Qaos
I found this a bit harder than usual for Qaos, but in retrospect most of the clueing is quite straightforward, so maybe I just wasn’t thinking in the right way. I was led … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1143 Hectence
Thanks to Hectence. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Tourist needs face mask going round city centre (7) VISITOR : VISOR(archaic language for a “face mask”) containing(going round) central 2 letters … Read more >>