The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29594.
Guardian
Guardian 29,593 / Paul
It’s Paul back again, with another themed puzzle, cleverly and interestingly exploited. Having said that, I have to add that anyone coming here for help with certain bits of parsing is likely to … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,592 by Kite
Found this very tricky – favourites were 23ac, 8/20, 11dn, and 17dn. Thanks to Kite
Guardian 29,591 – Qaos
Tuesday fun from Qaos, including one of his trademark numerical clues (and a couple of other mathematical references). Thanks to Qaos. .. and of course a theme: I was tipped off by seeing … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,590 by Vulcan
A gentle start to the week.
Quiptic 1,312 by Anto
Anto appears in his regular spot setting this week’s Quiptic – with nothing too outrageous and some neat anagrams. The crossword can be found here.
Quick Cryptic 41 by Picaroon
This is the forty-first 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 Prize 29,583 by Brummie
An unusual twist to this week’s Prize made it quite challenging.
Guardian 29,588 / Paul
I’m standing in for scchua today and it’s Paul rounding off the weekday puzzles. Following the idea used in his two most recent puzzles, featuring sandwiches and parties, Paul offers us one with … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,587 by Imogen
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29587.
Guardian 29,586 / Pasquale
It’s Pasquale making his first appearance of the new year. The two long anagrams were helpful in getting started. There are perhaps one or two more unfamiliar / unknown words than usual but, … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,585 by Brummie
Thanks to Brummie for the puzzle, and apologies for a late and slightly rushed blog.
Guardian 29,584 – Brendan
A welcome return by Brendan, with an unusual grid in which all the answers the two long central ones have eight letters. Thanks to Brendan. The long answers are nicely self-descriptive, and (as … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1,311/Picaroon
Picaroon has become quite the regular across all the Guardian crossword offerings, and it’s always a pleasure to blog one of his Quiptics. This one is well-judged as always, I think. Abbreviations cd … Read more >>
Genius 258 set by Kite
Kite sets the last Genius challenge of 2024.
The preamble says:
Related features are omitted from wordplay in half the clues. Wordplay in other clues indicates an extra letter in each. The additional letters can be arranged to identify the related features.