This is Phi’s second appearance this week – whatever happened to Phi-day?
Day: 20 July 2019
Guardian Prize 27,872 / Nutmeg
This is Nutmeg’s 100th cryptic puzzle and she has finally made it to the Prize slot – hurrah! There are some solvers here who only do the cryptic puzzle on Saturdays and so … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No.1390 – Bolder by Jaques
“In clue order, the first letters of the answers give part of a quotation (in ODQ). Solvers must fit the answers jigsaw-style into the grid, although some are too short for the available space and must be entered with initial blank cells. Where answers begin with the same letter, their clues are presented in conventional order. Having entered the answers, solvers must take the BOLDER choice from the quotation, adapting one entry and completing the
remainder. Finally, solvers must show suitable confidence with their choice by altering three other letters in the grid. Apart from one, which is thematic, all entries in the final grid are real words. Numbers in brackets refer to answer lengths.”