Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Indeed

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Minute Cryptic - 6 April, 2026
"Notice couples in less happy moods. Better to be single?" (4)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (10,608 solvers so far).
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Cryptic 2026-03 Puzzles by Darren Miller

Here's my cryptic crossword for March. It's a standard cryptic, with no gimmick or meta. As always, feedback is appreciated, and feel free to message me with any questions! Hope you like!

darrenspuzzles.blogspot.com/2026/03/cryp...

Trendsetters: how we led the way with the toughest puzzle... Our puzzles editor on how the cryptic crossword was born in the pages of The Observer

Yes! I am very much here for this and the new puzzles newsletter from @theobserveruk.bsky.social

“I want cryptics to catch on again the way they did a century ago, because they’re fascinating and they’re ours – and AI can't take them away from us.”

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Cryptic crossword No 3,134 · MyCrossword Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,134 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by Penelope. Published Tue 17 Feb 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

The sun is shining and I’ve uploaded a puzzle on to mycrossword for the first time. What a brilliant site it is.

Here are some tasters…

Explosive snort before stable-boy’s vault (6,4)

Baby bird’s noisy ring? (6)

www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3134

Monthly Quick Cryptic: March 2026 Reach for snake with wrath (6); Painless submachine recoil in Halo? (6); Eggs covered in flavour on the counter (3); A buttress rebuilt for foundation (9); Short, shy, not hard gesture of respect! (6)...

To anyone interested: 13x13 Cryptic Crossword I set for the month of March 2026 is now done! Give it a shot:
crosshare.org/crosswords/X...

#cryptic #crossword #crypticcrossword

Minute Cryptic - 17 March, 2026 by @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social
"Abstract art genius makes a reproducible scribble" (9)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (29,723 solvers so far).
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What's slipped out of place? Awful arse-plop (8)
#cryptic #crossword

This week's Listener, #4909, is "Fragments" by Cranberry - thrilled to make my debut there 🙂 Many thanks to Roger, Shane and all the team!

Q: How many narcissists does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: None; they use gaslighting.

Cryptic Snowflake 2026-02 Puzzles by Darren Miller

Been a busy several weeks, but here's my cryptic crossword for Jan/Feb. It's a hex layout cryptic, with no gimmick or meta. Hope you like!

darrenspuzzles.blogspot.com/2026/02/cryp...

John Nolan: The Very Logical Prize Puzzle Across   8. At the critical moment, imprisoned frequently? I’m getting the point. (2,3,4,2,4) 10. English school’s farm implement. (6) 11....

Another nice themed crossword from John Nolan.
johnnolantheverylogicalprizepuzzle.blogspot.com/2026/02/acro...

Neat!

Minute Cryptic - 7 February, 2026
"Anagram indicator? Yes - here, every single word is!" (10)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (9,288 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 19 January, 2026
"Lie (v.) to twist; to conceal" (4)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (5,530 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 2 January, 2026
"Mister Potato Head, during formative years, close to toddler" (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 4 under the community par (30,558 solvers so far).
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A Looney Tunes Daffy Duck cartoon title page

I today’s Indy cryptic
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Clues include:
Voice of Loonie Tunes’ biggest characters appearing in Daffy cartoon (9)
Prince is banished, retiring conclusively, hence King can relax (6)
American cutting record up, specifically number one? (6)
No spoilers, ta!

Minute Cryptic - 23 December, 2025
"Agitate, unload, dry!" (2,7)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (48,580 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 22 December, 2025
"Leads from our karaoke club amps interfere with Bose volume setting?" (8)

by Cory @rayscotchcoulton.bsky.social
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (17,605 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 20 December, 2025 by @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social
"Gen Z 🔥 morphs into 🥶" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (64,255 solvers so far).
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crypticgarden.com

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Minute Cryptic - 27 November, 2025
"Praise for animating Kate Winslet in "Flushed Away"" (5,4)
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🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (2,453 solvers so far).
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Front cover of Unch issue one, the title is set in a big curvy bold font in a teal/turquoise colour and beneath it there’s an extreme close-up photo of part of a crossword grid rotated through 45 degrees

Copies of the magazine showing part of the contents page and a spread with a puzzle

Inside spreads of the magazine showing a crossword and an article

So, here’s a nice thing I’ve just designed: Unch, a new independent magazine by and for cryptic crossword setters and solvers

Minute Cryptic - 8 October, 2025
"Spain's and France's and Italy's earliest hairy humanoid" (4)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (2,763 solvers so far).
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dog shampoo [A bottle of BURT'S BEES for Dogs oatmeal shampoo.] dog conditioner [Ivan Pavlov]

a large group of sharks are swimming in the water ALT: a large group of sharks are swimming in the water

Few phrases annoy me more than "shark-infested waters." Like, dude, it's the ocean. That's where they live.

Minute Cryptic - 24 September, 2025
"12 - 55 n = 9 - 12" (5)
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🏆 0 hints – 4 under the community par (27,625 solvers so far).
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Sorry @leedon1982.bsky.social 😬