This is the eighth 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.
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Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,386 by Brendan (18 May 2024)
Advance warning – this week’s blog is full of mistakes…but don’t blame me!…
Guardian 29,391 / Philistine
Philistine rounds off a good week of puzzles in fine style. An excellent set of clues, running the whole gamut of clue types: smiles to start off with at 5ac GARBAGE, 11ac CHEW … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,390 by Brockwell
There were special instructions for today's crossword: In celebration of World 2 Day
Guardian 29,389 – Brummie
Please excuse the rather terse blog (and any typos) – I'm away from home and without my usual facilities.
Guardian Cryptic 29,388 by Chandler
Chandler makes a rare cryptic appearance.
Guardian Cryptic 29,387 by Vulcan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29387.
Guardian Quiptic 1278 Picaroon
Thank you to Picaroon. Some lovely surfaces here. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Beastly utterance about public house shows pizzazz (5) OOMPH : Reversal of(… about) MOO(beastly utterance, from cattle, … Read more >>
Guardian Quick Cryptic 7 by Carpathian
This is the 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.
Guardian Prize 29,380 / Picaroon
I’m wondering how many complaints there will be this week about a ‘too easy’ Prize puzzle. It took me a little while to get into this one, from one of my top favourite … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,385 by Brummie
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29385.
Guardian 29,384 / Pangakupu
Pangakupu fills the Thursday slot this week with an enjoyable challenge. I’ve said in previous blogs that it has taken me a while to get onto Pangakupu’s wavelength. Either I’m getting used to … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,383 by Vlad
A challenging solve with a lot of tricky parsing. My favourites were 20ac, 26ac, 3dn, and 4dn. Thanks to Vlad for the puzzle.
Guardian 29,382 – Fed
Fed’s puzzles are always good fun, and this was no exception. I found it mostly straightforward, though with the occasional tricky parsing and (I think) one small error. Thanks to Fed. Across 7 … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,381 by Paul
A rare Monday outing for Paul.