Puzzle archive

Puzzles that have closed, each with its clue, its target and the full answer worked through letter by letter. Today’s is never here — it is on the front page until midnight UTC.

September 2026

• 14 September 2026 · Daily puzzleWhere the lost and the fairy tales both end up, and the shout that means duck.FOREST 83 + TIMBER 67 = 150
• 13 September 2026 · Theme puzzleOne you cross when you argue, one a police badge is shaped like — and heraldry wants both.SWORD 79 + SHIELD 57 = 136
• 12 September 2026 · Daily puzzleWhere the seated read the paper, times what the hill has and the barber sees.THRONE 80 × CROWN 73 = 5840
• 11 September 2026 · Daily puzzleWhom a misfortune is credited to, and the kind of approach a board calls risky.AUTHOR 83 + NOVEL 68 = 151
• 10 September 2026 · Daily puzzleTo mooch about with no real purpose, and what an idol's feet turn out to be, and what the unwanted third is.POTTER 94 + CLAY 41 + WHEEL 53 = 188
• 9 September 2026 · Daily puzzleWho a rough crossing never troubles, and what steadies a drifting team.SAILOR 74 + ANCHOR 59 = 133
• 8 September 2026 · Daily puzzleWhat fish and old masters both come in, and what widens in the dark.SCHOOL 72 + PUPIL 74 = 146
• 7 September 2026 · Daily puzzleAn expert at anything, times what the gullible pay a fortune for by the bottle.WIZARD 81 × POTION 89 = 7209
• 6 September 2026 · Theme puzzleOne is what a marching band thumps, one is the trader who works alone — and a fishmonger sells both.BASS 41 + SOLE 51 = 92
• 5 September 2026 · Daily puzzleWhat follows 'hard' when you commiserate, times what the impressed call a real find.CHEESE 45 × CRACKER 59 = 2655
• 4 September 2026 · Daily puzzleThe tree that bends but never breaks, and what the catty throw.WILLOW 94 + SHADE 37 = 131
• 3 September 2026 · Daily puzzleWhat metal does under strain, and what a cautious gambler does with a bet, and what Sunday mornings get striped.SHEARS 70 + HEDGE 29 + LAWN 50 = 149
• 2 September 2026 · Daily puzzleWhat a bad alibi leaves you with, and what the smart-mouthed give back.PUZZLE 106 + ANSWER 80 = 186
• 1 September 2026 · Daily puzzleWhat a shambolic meeting becomes, and who nobody takes seriously.CIRCUS 73 + CLOWN 67 = 140

August 2026

• 31 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWho follows the leader and never lands a blow, times how the traveller packs and the arsonist starts.SHADOW 70 × LIGHT 56 = 3920
• 30 August 2026 · Theme puzzleOne you promise but never deliver, one you become when you steal the show — and both lend their name to a light.MOON 57 + STAR 58 = 115
• 29 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWhere the newly single say they are, and who works a floor without dancing.MARKET 68 + TRADER 66 = 134
• 28 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWhose word once went unquestioned, times what the vengeful deliver and the chastened take.TEACHER 60 × LESSON 84 = 5040
• 27 August 2026 · Daily puzzleA quick encounter or a quick sweep, and what the reckless do to the town, and the work that owns its wall.BRUSH 68 + PAINT 60 + MURAL 65 = 193
• 26 August 2026 · Daily puzzleThe con kind takes your money, and where the knocked-out lie.ARTIST 87 + CANVAS 60 = 147
• 25 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWhat the precise follow things to, times how bosses mark approval.LETTER 80 × STAMP 69 = 5520
• 24 August 2026 · Daily puzzleThe diagram with legs, times what the untouched gather.SPIDER 71 × COBWEB 50 = 3550
• 23 August 2026 · Theme puzzleTwo on a jeweller's tray that might also answer a roll-call.RUBY 66 + JADE 20 = 86
• 22 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWho the police got to talk, and what disapproval rises in.SINGER 72 + CHORUS 84 = 156
• 21 August 2026 · Daily puzzleThe seafront's chip thief, times where grudges are kept.SEAGULL 77 × HARBOR 62 = 4774
• 20 August 2026 · Daily puzzleBeaten before the pan gets it, and what a hard question does to you, and where the fat lady leaves things.BATTER 66 + STUMP 89 + OVER 60 = 215
• 19 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWhere the misled are led up the path, and what late bloomers finally do.GARDEN 49 + FLOWER 79 = 128
• 18 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWhat tiny mock-sympathy is played on, times who won't commit.VIOLIN 81 × PLAYER 77 = 6237
• 17 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWhere the head's sides share a name, and hands folded before bed.TEMPLE 71 + PRAYER 83 = 154
• 16 August 2026 · Theme puzzleOne you lose, one you dig with — deal them in.HEART 52 + SPADE 45 = 97
• 15 August 2026 · Daily puzzleThe wrong one to be on, times a mogul's circle of followers.PLANET 68 × ORBIT 64 = 4352
• 14 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWhere a dozen means thirteen, and what spills over a waistband.BAKERY 62 + MUFFIN 69 = 131
• 13 August 2026 · Daily puzzleHow the overprotected are wrapped, and the stage that only eats, and what a shelved project has been.COCOON 65 + LARVA 54 + MOTH 56 = 175
• 12 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWhen everything sleeps, and when it all bounces back.WINTER 89 + SPRING 83 = 172
• 11 August 2026 · Daily puzzleCopy without paying, times repeat without thinking.PIRATE 69 × PARROT 88 = 6072
• 10 August 2026 · Daily puzzleDreamers build them in the air, times who arrives in shining armour.CASTLE 60 × KNIGHT 69 = 4140
• 9 August 2026 · Theme puzzleA leap forward and a drop back — the calendar's opposites.SPRING 83 + FALL 31 = 114
• 8 August 2026 · Daily puzzleHow the tentative get booked in, and the mistake-eater on the other end.PENCIL 59 + ERASER 66 = 125
• 7 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWhat's played on air at weddings, times what the well-connected pull.GUITAR 76 × STRING 87 = 6612
• 6 August 2026 · Daily puzzleTo finally catch on, and what a deadline does on the horizon, and a tale spun far too long.COTTON 87 + LOOM 55 + YARN 58 = 200
• 5 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWhat the upstaged have stolen, times a teacup's overreaction.THUNDER 90 × STORM 85 = 7650
• 4 August 2026 · Daily puzzleWhere cowboys ride at the end, and what the overworked burn at both ends.SUNSET 98 + CANDLE 39 = 137
• 3 August 2026 · Daily puzzleLay it on thick, and what the doomed are.BUTTER 86 + TOAST 75 = 161
• 2 August 2026 · Theme puzzleOne you crown, one you sacrifice — both leave the board eventually.KING 41 + PAWN 54 = 95
• 1 August 2026 · Daily puzzleGoad, times what an argument can lose.NEEDLE 45 × THREAD 56 = 2520