Helping you to build up a toolbox of tricks to solve clues, our new Saturday puzzle is a gentle way in for those starting out on cryptic crosswords
“I’d like to do cryptic crosswords, but I just don’t understand the damn things.”
Perhaps this is you. Or perhaps you are a happy solver and you have heard this from loved ones. Either way, what a regrettable state of affairs.
The Guardian Crossword Blog includes a collection of pointers for beginners.
