Never knowingly undersolved
26 clues require a letter to be moved to enable them to be solved. These then spell out a message. Eight cells need relocating in a symmetrical pattern. Then some line drawing and … Read more >>
Mudd is today’s setter.
Lark has provided our cruciverbal entertainment this Wednesday. Unless I am mistaken, as a blogger I have so far had only one previous encounter with this compiler.
Great fun from Goliath.
Omnibus presents us with a challenge today.
This seems to be only the second fourth Inquisitor set by Vagans – and we had the pleasure of blogging the first third one last December – apologies to Vagans and thanks to Holy Ghost for pointing out our error. Vagans more regularly appears in the Enigmatic Variations puzzles as well as in The Listener – so we are in for a serious challenge.
It was good to see Deri’s name as the setter for today’s puzzle. I reckon there were 15 clues out of 34 where I had to use three or more colours to indicate the detailed wordplay.
Slormgorm has some of his usual panache on display in today’s puzzle.
Doc has given us a puzzle with 26 clues that form an alphabetical jigsaw, plus additional numbered across and down clues to fill the 14 by 14 grid used for Spectator puzzles. The … Read more >>
BOBCAT kicks off the week…
A rather chewy offering from Hippogryph this morning. For this solver, at least.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/30075.
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 1, 2026
This puzzle was published in the puzzle extra booklet on 25 July and could be downloaded from the Guardian Editions app on the day (requires an e-subscription with the Guardian). I haven’t checked if the Guardian Archives app allows access.