Category : Guardian Crossword

Which British zoo has two giant pandas? The Saturday quiz

From 30-year vows of chastity to William Pitt, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which PM said: “When I want to read a novel I write one”?2 The Three Counties system is a 55-mile network of what? 3 Which British zoo has two giant pandas? 4...

Sudoku 5,806 expert

Click here to access the print version.Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. Continue reading...

Killer sudoku 833

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

Quick crossword No 16,350

Prize crossword No 28,877

Annotated solutions for Prize 28,871

Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 28,8719 incapably A, B, C IN PLAY (anag) Continue reading...

Cryptic crossword No 28,876

Crossword roundup: let’s mince some oaths

Mild imprecations are celebrated 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 her, in case yo...

Quiptic crossword No 1,193

Azed crossword 2,624

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Azed slip No 2,621

1 R. J. Heald: Queen in Balmoral departs, a symbol of history gone, leaving us blue (R i’ Bal(moral) d). Continue reading...

Annotated solutions for Prize 28,865

Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 28,8651 hacksaw HACK + SAW Continue reading...

Cryptic crosswords for beginners: a little bit of politics

Continuing our series for those who are tempted or daunted by cryptics, we explore abbreviations from the corridors of powerIn the example clues below, I explain the two parts of each one. There is a definition of the answer and there is some wordpla...