Crossword blog
The crossword blog looks at the smartest and wittiest clues from all the cryptics. Come and share the joy and frustration of crossword culture
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Crossword editor’s desk: what happened to funny adverts?A Genius puzzle recalls an age of amusing TV commercials
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Crossword editor’s desk: a genius is unredactedKGB’s puzzle reveals some of its secrets – or does it? – and we consider the humble watering can
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Crossword editor’s desk: time, space and revolutionary watering cansAs the bureaucrats of the nascent French republic discovered in 1805, the calendar does not always fit with our own schedule. So it is with this column
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Crossword editor’s desk: Pendorne speaks!A letter to the Guardian led to a solver receiving an unexpected, very special puzzle
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Crossword editor’s update: meet the setter Ariel, AKA Angela BarnesA new name appears above today’s cryptic – discover how a comic’s lockdown hobby led to a clue-packed debut
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Crossword editor’s update: are you the mystery setter Pendorne?Crossword editor's update
Crossword editor’s desk: should puzzles avoid Americanisms?
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Crossword editor’s desk: seven days of puzzles a week, kicking off on SundaysCrossword editor's update
Crossword editor’s desk: whatchamacallits and gubbins
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Where can I find the Azed, Everyman and Speedy crosswords?Crossword blog
The Guardian’s April fool crossword explained – plus the other papers’ fooling
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What is the best way to write a crossword clue describing Elon Musk?Crossword blog
Fed up with cryptic crossword hecklers? Try the Dave Gorman method
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Only geniuses can solve this crossword in 30 seconds – but what’s the hurry?Crossword blog
Do crosswords stave off mental decline? It’s the wrong question
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Which members of the cabinet are crossword-worthy?Crossword blog
Why do so many cryptic crossword clues mention Donald Trump?
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The person of 2024 – according to crosswordsCrossword blog
When does a cryptic crossword become a work of Genius?
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Words of the year: maybe I’m delulu, but these don’t seem like words people actually useWe apply the Crossword Test to see whether terms like ‘romantasy’ have entered general usage
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