Guardian Prize 27,848 / Picaroon

It’s a real treat to find a Picaroon puzzle to solve on a Saturday and especially when I’m down to blog it. The solving was mostly straightforward, with characteristically meticulous and witty cluing … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No.1386 – Suitable Powder by Oxymoron

“In SUITABLE POWDER, two letters must be removed from the answers in each row and column and placed at either end of that row/column. All answers are affected and the leftmost/uppermost omitted letters are to be placed in the leftmost/uppermost cell of the column/row. Solvers must complete the grid and highlight a symmetrically disposed representation of the perimeter (6,4). Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”

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