February 5, 2016 at 9:12 pm

Enigmatic Variations 1210 Whodunnit by Ranunculus

February 5, 2016 at 9:12 pm by twencelas

A whodunnit this week – based on Cluedo. Five innocent suspects to be eliminated and 5 weapons too – all hidden in the clues. The murder room is then the room defined by … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,156 by WANDERER

February 5, 2016 at 11:46 am by Turbolegs

Yet another riveting challenge from Wanderer to bring a neat close to the FT work week. I enjoyed this solve thoroughly and hope others had a similar experience. Thanks to Wanderer!! I do have a bit of a struggle in being fully convinced about my parsing for 20ac, 26ac and 17dn so if anybody can improve upon it, much appreciated.

Guardian 26,799 – Screw

February 6, 2016 at 8:01 pmFebruary 5, 2016 at 10:20 am by Andrew

This puzzle has still not been published on the Guardian site – I’ve been hanging back hoping it would appear, but no joy yet. There’s a pdf version here, but, as the setter … Read more >>

Independent 9,145 by Phi

February 5, 2016 at 10:12 am by John

So many of these clues can be neatly and simply parsed that sometimes I feel as if I’m not doing the job properly. Some would say that I should be taking three lines to expound everything that’s happening, but I’m afraid I take the view that anyone who has got as far as reading this blog will have some ability at least to cope with the inclusions, synonyms, etc and if it can be explained simply then that is actually clearer.

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