Tips For Solving Alphabetical Jigsaw Crosswords
The following is a copy of a blog written by PeeDee for an Araucaria puzzle that appeared in the Guardian on 19/11/2011. It contains useful tips for those who have not met this … Read more >>
Day: 26 November 2011
Independent 7830 / Punk – Saturday Prize Puzzle 19 November 2011
If there is a theme in this puzzle, I can’t spot it. The puzzle is not a pangram. This was simply a soundly constructed crossword with only a couple of words or phrases … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 993: Mind the Gap by Ifor
For a long while, the ‘gap’ causing the most problems for me with this puzzle was the one between my ears… I can just about get my head round those ‘alphabetical jigsaws’, like … Read more >>
Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,484 by Araucaria
To me this is absolutely classic Araucaria – an alphabetical jigsaw with great clues cutting a swathe through general knowlegde, and taking some Araucarian liberties in the process. Not an easy solve but a very satisfying one. A … Read more >>