Guardian Genius No 205 by Enigmatist
A puzzle by Enigmatist is always a challenge, but this wasn’t as hard as some recent Geniuses. The instructions read as follows: …
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Guardian Prize 28,195 by Paul
Two solutions ending in “loo”, yet no toilet references in their clues! In his invitation to his Zoom session (I didn’t participate) …
Guardian Cryptic 28,200 by Paul
Another in a string of tricky puzzles over the past few days. Lots of fun, my favourites were 11ac, 15ac, 23ac, 26ac, …
Guardian 28,199 – Tramp
Phew, that was hard, made harder by the rather unfriendly grid, though the split answer at 1,13 and the cross-reference between 6 …
Guardian Cryptic 28,198 by Vlad
A typically tough Vlad puzzle that will wake up your little grey cells. This was a fine puzzle, as long as your …
Guardian Cryptic 28,197 by Qaos
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28197. A not too difficult offering from Qaos, with, as usual, a theme: musical instruments. There …
Guardian 28,196 / Vulcan
Vulcan fills his / her regular fortnightly slot with a typical Monday medley of anagrams, charades and double and cryptic definitions. Thanks …
Guardian Prize 28,189 by Puck
An inventive and entertaining puzzle. Thank you Puck. Having spotted Toulouse Lautrec as my first one in I was expecting an easy …
Guardian 28,194 / Picaroon
It’s Picaroon rounding off the weekday puzzles, following Nutmeg with another lovely offering. (I shan’t be surprised if crypticsue calls me ‘Lucky …
Guardian Cryptic 28,193 by Nutmeg
A fun puzzle and some really lovely clues – my favourites were 1ac, 12ac, 21ac, 24ac, 5dn, 7dn, and especially 3dn. Thanks …
Guardian 28,192 – Brummie
Mostly very straightforward clueing from Brummie today, and a quick solve for me, though I was held up by the parsing of …
Guardian Cryptic 28,191 by Crucible
A themed offering from Crucible this morning. This was a fun puzzle, with a fairly obvious theme. The themed entries are highlighted …
Guardian Cryptic 28,190 by Anto
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28190. For my money, the best Anto yet, by far. Bravo. ACROSS 7 BOOM BOOM Report …
Guardian Saturday puzzle 28,183 / Boatman
Seeing Picaroon on Friday suggested Paul (since we hadn’t seen him during the week) for the Saturday slot, which would bring him …
Guardian Cryptic 28,188 by Philistine
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28188. I must say that my first reaction on completing this puzzle was that it was …