The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29528.
A little bit of decorum please
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Wednesday October 30th 2024 saw the publication of a Guardian Cryptic puzzle by the virtually unknown setter Ludwig.
It turns out that there was a previous Ludwig puzzle on Wednesday September 25th.
It further transpires that the answers to both puzzles are the same though the clues are, almost entirely, different.
It put me in mind of Inquisitor 1266 on Saturday February 2nd 2013 and Inquisitor 1267 on Saturday February 9th 2013.
Please can I take the opportunity to remind people that this is a friendly, well-mannered site where everyone should be expected to treat others with respect and is entitled to respect in return.
Guardian 29,527 / Ludwig
Five weeks ago today, I blogged Ludwig’s first puzzle. I think now that I might have foreseen a second one by this ‘new’ setter. The puzzle coincided with the first episode of the … Read more >>
Independent 11,874 / Eccles
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Financial Times 17,881 by BASILISK
Thanks to Basilisk for a very enjoyable challenge.
Inquisitor 1878: Last Light by Radler
Holy Hole in a Donut! Solvers must highlight a traveller in the completed grid. Clues to two places where he arrived eventfully lack a definition, as do those to his location three days … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,526 by Imogen
Clever clues and nice surfaces – my favourites were 9ac, 11ac, 17ac, and 19dn. Thanks to Imogen for the puzzle.
Independent 11873 / Knut
I find Knut’s puzzles entertaining and was pleased to see I was blogging one today. There’s a lot going on in the wordplay for many of today’s clues which is … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,880 by PETO
While not very hard, this offering from Peto is not for the novice, either, . . .
Independent 11,872 by Italicus
Firstly, apologies for posting the wrong blog this morning. I use the Drury's website to do the puzzle but, unfortunately if you open an Indy puzzle in advance of the date there and it hasn't yet been uploaded, rather than tell you it's not there it just shows you an old puzzle. Normally, I check that it's the right puzzle but on this occasion I forgot and just dived in.
Thankfully, the correct puzzle wasn't too difficult and I could knock it off fairly quickly. That's not to say it was a bad puzzle – there were loads of good clues.
Guardian 29,525 – Brendan
We haven’t had a Brendan puzzle since early June, so it was a pleasant surprise to see his name on this one. I started off thinking it was going to be a write-in, … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,879 by SLORMGORM
SLORMGORM kicks off the week…
Financial Times Sunday No.64 – News by Neo
It’s the last Sunday of the month, so here’s the regular puzzle based on topical events – I nearly missed this one as it hasn’t yet appeared in the FT app, but it is available to solve online or download and print from ft.com/crossword as usual.
Guardian Quiptic 1,301/Picaroon
The piratical one is good at this Quiptic stuff, isn’t he? I judged that this was nicely pitched and carefully clued; but as always, what the beginners and improving solvers thought is much … Read more >>