Never knowingly undersolved
This was rather easier than Sunday’s Quiptic from the same setter, I thought, though with one or two quibbles that I won’t bang on about. Thanks to Anto. Across 1 STAND BY … Read more >>
Tramp has provided this morning’s headscratcher.
We have a Quiptic from Anto this week. The Guardian website describes the Quiptic as ‘a web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry’. I’ll go along with … Read more >>
Soup has set quite a few Guardian Geniuses in recent years and he usually provides challenging and original puzzles.
This is the twenty-seventh 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. The puzzle can be found here.
I was not really surprised to see Paul’s name on this puzzle, as he hadn’t appeared during the week and it was two weeks since his last Prize offering. A quick first glance … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29505.
It was a bit of a surprise to find this puzzle by Paul, just a couple of hours after finalising my blog of his Prize puzzle from last Saturday. We have a clearly … Read more >>
A nice mix of clues – I especially liked 4ac, 3dn, 6dn, and 10dn. Thanks to Pasquale
A couple of tricky moments in this one, but I was helped a little by … … spotting the theme quite early on. It’s the films of Tom CRUISE, including MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, MINORITY … Read more >>
A tougher than usual Monday challenge.
Picaroon on fine form with this week’s Quiptic. A pleasing and tractable puzzle with some delightful surface readings. Bravo. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>
This is an experiment – but it seemed a useful point to summarise the new tricks developed by the Quick Cryptic Crosswords in the Guardian after the first 6 months. The 26th crossword in this series of 11 x 11 crosswords to support new solvers has been published and so far…
This is the twenty-sixth 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. The puzzle can be found here.