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  1. 17th October 2025, 01:10 PM #1
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    Guardian Cryptic Crossword.

    Out of curiosity, is there anyone on the forum who does The Guardian, weekday cryptics. What makes me ask is, I reckon today's puzzle is one of the hardest I can remember. I finally completed it, not by pure knowledge, but with some luck and educated guesswork.
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    I used to do it, but found too many errors with it. Daily, there would be too many, or not enough squares for my answers.
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    I reckon today's (cryptic) cross words are AI compiled and use some very very obscure word or use made up words that are not found in traditional dictionaries.
    Now and then we used to be able to complete one, but that doesn't happen these days.
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    Perhaps I'm wearing rose coloured glasses, but quite a few of the Guardian cryptic compilers have been around for yonks.
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    Cryptic Crossword

    My wife and I do a Times Quick Cryptic Crossword every day. They come in books of 100 crosswords and we are up to book 10!

    My favourite clues are,

    1. HIJKLMNO - - - - - 5 letters

    2. PREIST - - - - - - - -, - - - - -. 8 letters then 5 letters , two words

    Answers in a few days.

    Peter
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    Quote Originally Posted by TasD90 View Post
    My wife and I do a Times Quick Cryptic Crossword every day. They come in books of 100 crosswords and we are up to book 10!

    My favourite clues are,

    1. HIJKLMNO - - - - - 5 letters

    2. PREIST - - - - - - - -, - - - - -. 8 letters then 5 letters , two words

    Answers in a few days.

    Peter
    1 is H20

    Haven't got the second one.... yet.
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    Used to do lots of different Xwords. And Wordle, and Waffle, but I agree that the compilers these days are probably AI
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    Quote Originally Posted by TasD90 View Post
    My wife and I do a Times Quick Cryptic Crossword every day. They come in books of 100 crosswords and we are up to book 10!

    My favourite clues are,

    1. HIJKLMNO - - - - - 5 letters

    2. PREIST - - - - - - - -, - - - - -. 8 letters then 5 letters , two words

    Answers in a few days.

    Peter
    1. The letters H to O is WATER (5 letters)
    2. Preist ends in ST short for Saint, most saints are Catholics (as commonly understood) so,
    CATHOLIC SAINT (8 letters and 5 letters)
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    Cryptic Answer

    Kudos to Tins and Randlover.

    Now the tricky one.

    PREIST is PRIEST spelled incorrectly so it is a CLERICAL ERROR !!!
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