This week’s Quiptic is from Chandler and can be found here
Guardian
Quick Cryptic 45 by Maskarade
This is the forty-fifth Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords.
Guardian Prize 29,607 by Paul
A themed puzzle from Paul for this week’s Prize.
Guardian 29,612 – Paul
I didn’t seem to be on the right wavelength at all this morning so found this quite hard, though in retrospect almost everything seems reasonably straightforward, with the exception of one clue that … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29611 Ludwig
Thank you to Ludwig. Definitions are underlined in the clues. And if there is a theme, I don’t see it. Across 1. Marriage added to traditions that we recently abandoned (7,5) CUSTOMS UNION … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,610 by Harpo
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29610.
Guardian 29,609 / Imogen
It’s only ten days since my blog of Imogen’s latest Prize crossword and here he is again… … and again we have a nice combination of clue types, generally meticulous cluing, ingenious constructions, … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,608 by Brummie
A nice puzzle – I particularly liked 5ac and 27ac. Thanks to Brummie
Guardian Quiptic 1,315/Pasquale
A fine Quiptic from Pasquale this morning. If my blog appears terse, it’s because it’s all so clearly clued that there’s not much else to say other than bravo for a well-pitched puzzle. … Read more >>
Genius No 259 by Picaroon
A reasonably straightforward Genius this month.
Quick Cryptic 44 by Chandler
This is the forty-fourth Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords. The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here – those rules include not posting solving times. This puzzle can be found here.
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,601 by Vlad (25 January 2025)
Vlad gives your correspondent a pretty tough mental workout this week…
Guardian Cryptic 29,606 by Brockwell
A fun challenge with neat surfaces and some tricky parsing. My favourites were 8ac, 11ac, 12ac, 26ac, and 7dn. Thanks to Brockwell
Guardian 29,605 – Picaroon
Good to see another (final?) puzzle from the pirate before he goes into setting Purdah in his new job at the Telegraph. A smooth and witty set of clues, as we’ve come to … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,604 by Qaos
A typical Qaos puzzle.