Category : Guardian Crossword

Sudoku 6,433 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...

Sudoku 6,432 medium

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...

Did you solve it? Best pub quiz questions ever

The answers to today’s questionsEarlier today I set you the following mini-pub quiz, based on wordplay puzzles from The Cryptic Pub Quiz Book by Frank Paul. Here they are again with answers. Continue reading...

Cryptic crosswords for beginners: hospitals

Continuing our series for those tempted or daunted by cryptics, we look at strings of letters associated with hospitalsIn the example clues below, I explain the two parts of each: the definition of the answer and the wordplay – the recipe for assembl...

Can you solve it? Best pub quiz questions ever

Get a few rounds inIn the world of pub quizzes, Frank Paul is a legend. Today’s puzzles are taken from the fabulously fiendish quiz he has run at The Mill in Cambridge, and which appear in his latest book.I’ve chosen questions that involve wordplay r...

Genius crossword No 250

Click here to access the print versionTwelve clues are normal; their solutions should each have a pair of letters inserted before entry into the grid wherever they will fit. (There are four pairs of letters, each inserted into three answers, always r...