Category : Guardian Crossword

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...

Azed crossword 2,704

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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...

Everyman crossword No 4,043

Quiptic crossword No 1,273

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?...

Quick cryptic crossword No 2

Prize crossword No 29,356

Quick crossword No 16,829

Cryptic crossword No 29,355

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...

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...

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...

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...

Crossword roundup: cricket and the changing reputation of salmon

Lesser sung fish and cricketing doldrums feature in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic cluesIn the sample clues below, the links take you to explainers from our beginners series. The setter’s name often links to an interview with him or...