Brummie starts the week on another sunny morning.
Guardian
Guardian Quiptic 1,329/Harpo
Harpo established themselves as a setter of Guardian cryptics around three year ago, but this is only the second Quiptic that they have compiled.
Quick Cryptic 58 by Pangakupu
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Guardian Prize No 29,685 by Paul
Self-referential Paul crosswords like this got me hooked on cryptics, however many years ago now, but I think this is my first opportunity to blog one. Until the key word comes to light, they can be very tough to solve.
Guardian 29690 / Vlad
It’s Vlad throwing down the challenge today …
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,689 by Kite
A nice mix of clues and quite tricky in parts…
Guardian 29,688 – Brockwell
Hello from Glencoe, where I’m spending what promises to be an unusually rain-free walking holiday. Fortunately I was not massacred by today’s very enjoyable puzzle, though a couple of bits of parsing had me stumped for a while. Thanks to Brockwell.
Cryptic crossword No 29,687 by Pasquale
A gentle offering from Pasquale this morning.
Cryptic crossword No 29,686 by Vulcan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29686.
Quiptic 1,328 by Carpathian
The only cryptic Sunday offering from the Guardian after the Observer split is here …
Guardian Genius 262 by Enigmatist
Just like London buses…you wait ages (since 2018!) for an Enigmatist to blog, and then three come along in a row – two recent Grauniad Saturday Prize puzzles, and now Genius 262…
Quick Cryptic 57 by Pasquale
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Prize crossword No 29,679 by Vlad
Some tricky parsings in this week’s Prize from Vlad.
Cryptic crossword No 29,684 by Soup
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29684.
Guardian Easter Special Prize Cryptic Crossword No 29,673 set by Maskarade (19 April 2025)
They say that ‘all good things come to those who wait‘ and, after nearly four years and 46 Saturday Prize Grauniad blogs, I finally get to be on duty for an Easter Bank Holiday special! In recent years this has become pretty much the exclusive domain of Maskarade, who specialises in thematic jumbos/double grids, often with ‘jigsaw’ clues…and this one is no exception…