Guardian 29,400/ Brummie

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It was only last week that I began my blog with ‘It was something of a surprise to see Brummie’s name for the third time in ten days’ – Brummie’s really working overtime! … Read more >>

Everyman 4,049/26 May

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The consensus seems to be that the difficulty level of the Everyman puzzle has moved upwards in recent times. They are still well-constructed and pleasing puzzles, though, in my opinion. I enjoyed solving … Read more >>

Azed 2710

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Another high-quality puzzle to exercise our Sunday brains, though I do have a query about 4 down. Thanks to Azed.   Across 1 BRITPOP Trip freely with disco music around – such as … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 251

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Pangakupu set this month’s offering and it was a fun, if not too taxing, solve.  It can be found here: https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2024/may/06/genius-crossword-no-251 The instructions read as follows: Two chains of words run from * … Read more >>

Guardian Quick Cryptic 9 by Carpathian

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This is the ninth 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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