Puzzle

Cryptic Crossword [6]

by Siddiq Islam Editor’s note: The solutions to this puzzle are available here. Across 1 Rest on back wheel (6) 4 Beginner with no pen eraser (6) 9 Era of mindless rage (3) 10 Last of cacti in Sahara ill (5) 11 To hang but with no initial laughing allowed (3) 12 Hilly Tour d’England […]

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Cryptic Crossword [5]

by Hamish Dodd Editor’s note: The solutions to this puzzle are available here. Across 6  Tom Sawyer’s friend is tangled in her freckly bun (11,4) 8  Anger following burst of energy in kingdom (6) 9  Royal Mail sends final amount to marsupial (6) 10  Agreement about a tree (3) 11  Group’s charged on board for personal items (11) 13  Re-wind some strange documentary program (4) 15  In lieu […]

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Cryptic Crossword [4]

by Tom Rose Editor’s note: The solutions to this puzzle are available here. Across 1 A unit representative of a typical, grizzly hospital (8,6) 9 Gods of a mount from the east (5) 10  A welcoming signal? (9) 11  Decapitate pig with blade (3) 12  Minecraft block-style copper starts to become increasingly corroded (5) 13  Make a bet, lose £1000, […]

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Puzzle

Cryptic Crossword [3]

by Tom Rose Across 1 Poor mark suggests something’s wrong (3,4) 5 Fix the wizard a big cheese? (7) 10 Just holding one is a long way off (4) 11 ABBA overdo dancing, honest (5,5) 12 Using some incorrect or pidgin Latin is sluggish (6) 13 ‘People known to love sheep stew’, His Highness inaccurately […]

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