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...

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 3,868

Azed crossword 2,529

Click here to access the print versionThe Chambers Dictionary (2014) is recommended. Continue reading...

Speedy crossword No 1,313

What links Oliver and Moulin Rouge? The Weekend quiz

From monarchies to Munros, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Who rallied the troops at Tilbury?2 What school of psychology is named after the German for “form”?3 Florence Thompson was the subject of which Dorothea Lange photograph?4 What ros...

Quick crossword No 15,776

Prize crossword No 28,303

Annotated solutions for Prize 28,297

Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 28,297* undefined solutions all have a carapace [17 across, 18, 21 across (rev), 17 down (rev)] Continue reading...

Cryptic crossword No 28,302

Crossword blog: the next dimension

Nine Guardian setters have taken part in a collection of puzzles with a twistWith long periods indoors ahead, many of us have been stocking up on crosswords. Not panic-buying, that would be irresponsible; just … making sure we won’t run out.We’ve loo...

Quiptic crossword No 1,097

What links a helix and a lobule? The Weekend quiz

From the Lascaux caves to Interstate 495, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 The phrase “old sport” appears 45 times in which novel?2 Which basic taste has a Japanese name?3 What was the UK’s first higher education institution for women?4 Whe...

Annotated solutions for Prize 28,291

Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 28,2919 candidate CANDID/ATE Continue reading...

Crossword roundup: aggro and bovver

We ask whether the word ‘aggro’ has made a return 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...