Category : Crosswords

Crossword roundup: cocktails and piranhas

Plus topical politics and football in our pick of the best of the cryptic cluesIn the sample clues below, the links take you to explainers from our beginners series. There is often a link via the setter’s name to an interview with him or her, in case...

Quiptic crossword No 1,249

Azed crossword 2,679

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Everyman crossword No 4,018

Speedy crossword No 1,463

What links India Amarteifio and Helen Mirren? The Saturday quiz

From skeleton to the 1631 Death’s Duel, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Preached in 1631, Death’s Duel was whose last sermon? 2 When do US TV advertising rates reach $7m (£5.7m) for a 30-second slot? 3 Which country conducted 17 nuclear t...

Quick crossword No 16,680

Prize crossword No 29,207

Cryptic crossword No 29,206

Crossword book club: Patrick Hamilton’s Mr Stimpson and Mr Gorse

The author has given us the clues. Can we fashion them into a puzzle?We have Patrick Hamilton to thank for the term “gaslighting”. In his 1938 play Gas Light, Jack Manningham tampers with the lights and employs various other tricks to convince his wi...

Quiptic crossword No 1,248

Who studied chimpanzees in Gombe? The Saturday quiz

From robot jockeys to Pete’s Super Submarines, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which stereotypical accent is based on a Robert Newton film role? 2 Which structure used to supply Nîmes with water? 3 Baker Thomas Dagger is said to have rais...