My second Methuselah blog in a couple of months – a pleasant surprise.
Day: 12 September 2024
Financial Times 17,840 by AARDVARK
Aardvark is the setter in this morning's FT.
Guardian 29,486 – Fed
A typically entertaining puzzle from this setter, with some quite involved parsing in places. Thanks to Fed. Across 1 A FLEA IN ONE’S EAR Arrange safe area online to see rocket (1,4,2,4,3)Anagram … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No.1658 – Pseudonym by Gaston
“Clues are presented in normal order, but there are nine unclued entries. One is the theme’s creator; the other eight comprise the seven members of a thematic group, with one member covering two entries. Twenty-two clues each contain a single-letter misprint. Read in clue order, the correct letters produce two names; the first eleven (all from across clues) spell out the theme’s central character, thought to be a PSEUDONYM for the eleven-letter second name (all from down clues). Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”