A good concise Quiptic from Anto today.
Guardian
Guardian Cryptic 28,561 by Vulcan
A fun start to the week from Vulcan – my favourites were 11ac, 16ac, 26ac, 3dn, 8dn, and 22dn. Thanks for the puzzle.
Guardian Prize 28,554 by Picaroon
A puzzle stuffed with 15 downs!
Guardian Cryptic 28,559 by Maskarade
Nice to see Maskarade on a weekday – my favourites were 9ac, 13ac, 15ac, 3dn, and 14dn. Thanks for the puzzle.
Guardian 28,558 / Paul
I’m standing in for Andrew, who’s holidaying in the Highlands, lucky chap. My heart sank a bit when, on a quick run-through, I saw all the references to ‘6’ but I’d solved 22ac … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,557 by Nutmeg
Nutmeg gets the grey matter going this morning.
Guardian Cryptic 28,556 by Matilda
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28556.
Guardian 28,555 / Brendan
A bit of a surprise – by no means an unpleasant one – to see Brendan on a Monday and especially so soon after last week’s ‘Prize’ puzzle. I thought this was a … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1,140/Pan
This one took a bit of teasing out. Could just be my slightly sleepy brain this morning, so let’s see what others made of it. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad … Read more >>
Guardian ‘Prize’ Crossword 28,548 / Brendan (11 September 2021)
An abundance of opportunities for me to add a link this week … … due to the many pseudonyms (or 15s or 17s) included in the grid, along with some real names in … Read more >>
Guardian 28,553 / Paul
It’s Paul rounding off a generally good week of puzzles. I found this fairly straightforward, to both solve and parse. There are some witty and ingenious clues – rather fewer of them, owing … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,552 by Crucible
A fun challenge – I especially liked 15dn, and other favourites were 10ac, 13ac, and 20dn. Thanks to Crucible.
Guardian 28,551 – Vlad
I wouldn’t call this easy, exactly, but some well-constructed clues meant that I got through it quite quickly. Some political commentary raises its head, as often with this setter, with one particularly clever … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,550 by Anto
Today’s Guardian setter is Anto.
Guardian Quiptic 1139 Carpathian
Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Carpathian has achieved one-word definitions in all the across clues and in all but 3 of the down ones. Across 1. Second wine … Read more >>