Category : Guardian Crossword

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...

Azed crossword 2,541

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Speedy crossword No 1,325

Everyman crossword No 3,880

Which detective was named after an Elizabethan actor? The Weekend quiz

From hazelnuts to the Lewis chessman, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 A Brief History Of France (1837) was the first book published in what?2 What is the largest monkey?3 Delia Derbyshire was a pioneer of what form of music?4 Which company...

Quick crossword No 15,847

Prize crossword No 28,374

Annotated solutions for Prize 28,368

Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 28,368* birds of the crow family Continue reading...

Cryptic crossword No 28,373

Crossword blog: vintage Araucaria puzzles

To mark 100 years since his birth, three ‘lost’ puzzles from much-missed Guardian setter AraucariaTomorrow is 100 years since the birth of John Graham, known to Guardian solvers for 55 years as Araucaria – the name of the genus to which the monkey pu...

Quiptic crossword No 1,109

Annotated solutions for Prize 28,362

Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 28,362A acetate TATE after ACEB budgie smugglers BUDG<1>E + SMUGGLERS Continue reading...

Crossword blog: the New Yorker prints a new weekly puzzle

We talk about the technicalities of grid construction with the magazine’s puzzle editor, Liz Maynes-AminzadeThe print appearance of a new crossword series is cause for celebration. So three cheers for the New Yorker, which includes a weekly puzzle as...

Annotated solutions for Prize 28,356

Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 27,3567 badmouth BAD/MOUTH Continue reading...

Annotated solutions for Genius 211

Follow the methodology behind Genius 211* the wordplay in six clues contains a surplus Greek letter hidden in a word** in six other clues English equivalents of these six letters must be added to their wordplay the pairs involved are beta/B, eta/H,...