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Crossword roundup: deep dives from the penalty area to drinking dens

Published: 27 Mar 2023

Crossword roundup: in which we reclaim the word ‘mob’

We consider mobility and nobility in our collection of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues

Published: 27 Feb 2023
Help (that’s a clue)! Can you name the Guardian’s missing mystery crossword setters?

Published: 20 Feb 2023

Crossword roundup: ocean liners, seatbelts, Astroturf and a puzzle about cake

We welcome the Financial Times’ inaugural ‘news cryptic’ in our pick of the broadsheets’ clues – plus Paul teams up with a celebrity for charity

Published: 30 Jan 2023
Cryptic crosswords for beginners: mind the gap – when clues get completely heartless

Published: 23 Jan 2023
Crossword roundup: PG Wodehouse and lots of ducks

Published: 16 Jan 2023

Meet the setter
Meet the setter: the Observer’s Everyman

The latest in our series where we turn the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is the Observer’s easier puzzle, the Everyman

Published: 26 Nov 2022
Crossword roundup: we all know ‘shabby’, so what is a ‘shab’?

Glitz and a ditz in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues

Published: 21 Nov 2022
Crossword book club: artist and quizmaster Frank Paul on The 12 Quizzes of Christmas

The pub and crossword quiz setter talks about his book, which is part story, part puzzle and all cryptic – and reveals some of the tricks of his trade

Published: 14 Nov 2022
Crossword roundup: animals with the wrong names

A menagerie of misnomers in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues

Published: 7 Nov 2022

Twenty years of the Magpie crossword magazine

The Magpie has bewildered those of us who enjoy surprising themed crosswords for two decades: let’s meet the Magpies

Published: 31 Oct 2022

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