Category : Crosswords

Crossword roundup: the problem with the trolley problem

Thought experiments and lots of cake recipes 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...

Quiptic crossword No 1,261

Azed crossword 2,692

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Everyman crossword No 4,031

Speedy crossword No 1,476

Shohei Ohtani signed a $700m contract with which team? The Saturday Quiz

From Tomorrow’s World to the Daleks, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which building represents an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times? 2 The USS Housatonic was, in 1864, the first ship sunk by what? 3 Who was Roman emperor at the tim...

Quick crossword No 16,757

Prize crossword No 29,284

Cryptic crossword No 29,283

Cryptic crosswords for beginners: money

Continuing our series for those tempted or daunted by cryptics, we look at cold hard cashIn the example clues below, I explain the two parts of each: the definition of the answer, given in bold type and the wordplay – the recipe for assembling its le...

Quiptic crossword No 1,260

Azed crossword 2,691

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Everyman crossword No 4,030

Speedy crossword No 1,475

Proboscis monkeys are found only on which island? The Saturday quiz

From a bookshop to Berlin, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which pair first met at Thomas Davies’s bookshop on 16 May 1763?2 What is the closest dwarf planet to Earth?3 Proboscis monkeys are found only on which island?4 Which element is n...