Guardian 29,103 / Picaroon

It’s me again, standing in for scchua, who’s away this week. I think I got a good deal! There’s an abundance of excellent clues, with deft definitions, a handful of ‘lift and separates’, … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No.1594 – Vicinities by Stick Insect

“In each clue, one word must take flight before solving, replacing the escapee from the next clue (or first across clue from the last down clue). In clue order, initial letters of these words provide a relevant source and what must be amended to show VICINITIES (read cryptically), leaving all real words in the grid. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended; 4dn is in Collins.”

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