Category : Crosswords

by Buzzers - 5 days ago

Observer sudoku

Click here to access the print version.Fill the grid using the numbers 1 to 9. Each number must appear just once in every row, column and 3x3 box. Continue reading...

by Buzzers - 5 days ago

Azed crossword 2,704

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by Buzzers - 5 days ago

Observer killer sudoku

Click here to access the print version. Normal Sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within grey lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by grey lines. Continue reading...

by Buzzers - 6 days ago

What links Alice in Wonderland with Mr Lazy? The Saturday quiz

From Sinraptor to Margaret Thatcher, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Rebecca Andrews was the first recorded victim of what in 1665?2 What drink is Jinro, the world’s best-selling spirit brand?3 What payment to authors is capped at £6,600?...

by Buzzers - 1 week ago

A new Guardian crossword: the Quick Cryptic

Helping you to build up a toolbox of tricks to solve clues, our new Saturday puzzle is a gentle way in for those starting out on cryptic crosswords“I’d like to do cryptic crosswords, but I just don’t understand the damn things.”Perhaps this is you. O...

by Buzzers - 2 weeks ago

Did you solve it? Best pub quiz questions ever

The answers to today’s questionsEarlier today I set you the following mini-pub quiz, based on wordplay puzzles from The Cryptic Pub Quiz Book by Frank Paul. Here they are again with answers. Continue reading...

by Buzzers - 2 weeks ago

Cryptic crosswords for beginners: hospitals

Continuing our series for those tempted or daunted by cryptics, we look at strings of letters associated with hospitalsIn the example clues below, I explain the two parts of each: the definition of the answer and the wordplay – the recipe for assembl...

by Buzzers - 2 weeks ago

Genius crossword No 250

Click here to access the print versionTwelve clues are normal; their solutions should each have a pair of letters inserted before entry into the grid wherever they will fit. (There are four pairs of letters, each inserted into three answers, always r...