This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
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Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,625 by Enigmatist (22 February 2025)
Last week Eileen wrote of the ‘delight’ of landing an Arachne puzzle to blog, ‘especially on a Saturday, when there’s more time to savour it‘. This week it was more like the dread in the pit of the stomach on finding one has an Enigmatist! But at least it is a Saturday, so I should have plenty of time to struggle through it…
Guardian 29,630 / Brockwell
It’s over a year since I last blogged a puzzle by Brockwell, so I was very pleased to see his name this morning. There’s a nicely varied set of clues, with neat constructions … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,629 by Brummie
Tricky in parts and an enjoyable solve – my favourites were 20ac, 21ac, 24ac, and 20dn. Thanks to Brummie
Guardian 29,628 – Paul
A fun puzzle with the multi-light answers and cross-references that we’ve come to expect. Thanks to Paul. A number of clues feature whimsical descriptions of animals in their wordplay. We have MOOER (cow), … Read more >>
Modern Life is Good-ish
Many of you will be familiar with Bluth in The Independent, Fed in The Guardian and Django in The Telegraph.
Guardian Cryptic 29,627 by Brendan
A Brendan puzzle for pet lovers.
Guardian Cryptic 29,626 by Vulcan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29626.
Guardian Quiptic 1318 Harpo
Thank you to Harpo. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Boy with girlfriend is in French musical party (8) SONGFEST : SON(an informal term to address a boy/young person) plus(with) GF(abbrev. … Read more >>
Quick Cryptic 47 by Ludwig
This week’s Guardian Quick Cryptic, an 11 x 11 crossword designed to teach cryptic crosswords, which can be found here
Guardian Prize 29,619 / Arachne
What a delight to land an Arachne puzzle to blog, especially on a Saturday, when there’s more time to savour it. There’s all the characteristic wit, elegance and creativity that we expect to … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,624 by Paul
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29624.
Guardian 29,623 / Pangakupu
Pangakupu returns with another enjoyable challenge. There’s a good selection of clue types, with some nice surfaces, along with one or two less familiar words, gettable from the wordplay. I’m afraid my … Read more >>
Jorum in Urban Dictionary
Some readers will be familiar with the esoteric meaning of Jorum.
Guardian Cryptic 29,622 by Brummie
A very enjoyable solve – I particularly liked 11ac, 5dn, 15dn, 23/21, and 24dn. Thanks to Brummie