If you’re looking for a new, tough crossword challenge in 2022, try Komorník’s competition in aid of two charities, Asperger’s East Anglia and the Assist Trust, both based in Norwich. It is free to enter and there will be a delicious prize for the winner, to be announced at noon on the closing date, 1st July. Write to komornik1cryptics@gmail.com for all you need to enter.
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Folks: do this! You can feel the enthusiasm in Komorník’s clues; he’s obviously having a ball when he makes the puzzles. I’m about 2/3 of the way through them now – I don’t quite understand everything, but there are some glorious puzzles in there.
I couldn’t agree more, I’ve just completed the first of these, or rather I think I have as there’s two solutions I’ve yet to fully parse. Definitely a sense of fun coming through.
I agree with the first two commenters – I’ve now completed four puzzles and have parts of others solved too.
What I would say is: prepare to be addicted, you tell yourself you’ve got until the end of June to finish it, so put it down and get on with what you are supposed to be doing. Then you can’t help but return back to the puzzles, again and again!
Having just printed my set out, I’m about to get stuck in. Looks like a fun set of puzzles.
I’ve only done (almost) two of the set so far, but I’ve had a look through the rest and I’m looking forward to getting round to them all… if I ever do. They’re not easy! But what Hamish/Soup says is spot on – they’re lots of fun, and very inventive. Highly recommended.
Thank you for these comments, and thank you very much also to Gaufrid and all at fifteensquared.net for helping me publicise it. I think there’s a big trap for a new setter (new? I composed my first (terrible) cryptic crossword in about 1980, but started more serious activity when I retired, with invaluable help from Boatman, Soup and Paul, and great encouragement from those and from the wonderful 3D RNIB/Children in Need people). It is that the setter will have much more fun setting than the solvers get. So I have tried to be fair in these puzzles, though I may stretch that definition to include sideways thinking; I also want to entertain and reward, since I regard a cryptic clue as either a one-liner or a step in a treasure hunt, or, as here, both. Anyway, before the comments get less complimentary (11-15 can be very nasty in places) I’ll just say how delighted I am that there are now nearly 50 entrants, from several continents (but still plenty of time for more) and wish you all the best of luck.