A fun solve, and a little tricky for a Monday. Favourites were 10ac, 11ac, 21ac, and 2dn. Thanks to Brummie for the puzzle.
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Guardian Prize 29,302 by Pasquale
Apart from a couple of oddities, a relatively gentle solve from Pasquale this week.
Guardian Cryptic 29,307 by Fed
A fun and often tricky solve – my favourites were 14ac, 24ac, 7dn, 8dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Fed
Guardian 29,306 – Tramp
A nicely-pitched puzzle with not too many difficulties, but one or two parsings that took a while to work out. Thanks to Tramp. Across 1 SOLDERING IRONS They join old singer when … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,305 by Picaroon
Picaroon is your compiler this morning.
Guardian Cryptic 29,304 by Paul
The puzzle may be found at https::www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29304.
Placeholder Guardian 29,304
As I suspected, a new puzzle has appeared, and a blog will appear as soon as I can solve it.
Guardian 29,303 / Vulcan
Vulcan steps predictably into his fortnightly Monday slot. We have the usual Monday medley of charades, anagrams and double and cryptic definitions. I quite liked 8ac GUARD, 16ac DIALECT, 19ac DESCANT, 6dn TRIVIA … Read more >>
Quiptic 1,264 by Anto
Our entry-level Monday puzzle is from Anto today.
Guardian Prize 29,296 by Brummie
A good combination of clue types in this week’s Prize puzzle.
Guardian 29,301 / Pangakupu
It’s Pangakupu rounding off a week of interesting puzzles. I’ve said before that each time I solve one of this setter’s puzzles, it takes a few minutes to tune in to the wavelength … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,300 by Paul
An enjoyable solve, made a bit quicker by getting the very long clue early on. My favourites were 12ac, 13ac, 2dn, 7dn, 9dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Paul
Guardian 29,299 – Philistine
An enjoyable puzzle where I was fooled on a couple of occasions by clues that turned out to be much simpler than I was expecting. Thanks to Philistine. Across 1 OSPREYS Birds … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,298 by Picaroon
Picaroon makes an appearance in today's Guardian slot.