Category : Guardian Crossword

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...

Quick crossword No 16,751

Prize crossword No 29,278

Sudoku 6,338 hard

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...

Quick crossword No 16,750

Cryptic crossword No 29,277

Did you solve it? Do you think like a software engineer?

The answer to today’s tantalising tech teaserEarlier today I set you the following puzzle, a classic interview question for software engineers. It seems really to have caught your imaginations: so far the original article has had almost 500 below-the...

Crossword roundup: looking forward to by-elections?

Topical references from last year and from the one to come 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 w...

Quiptic crossword No 1,259