Eileen

This is my third Boatman blog in a row!     I thought this was a clever puzzle, with its unmissable theme of prime numbers, together with ingenious exploitation of other meanings of … Read more >>

Owing to the seasonal intervention of Maskarade’s Jumbo puzzle, I find myself back again in sync with Paul’s customary fortnightly appearance in the Saturday Prize slot. After some great puzzles over the Christmas … Read more >>

We thought for quite a while that Chifonie had settled comfortably into the Monday slot vacated by Rufus but here he is for the second time in a row on a Thursday, the … Read more >>

I haven’t blogged on Boxing Day before and I was quite surprised to be reminded that there is a paper today. After a most enjoyable day yesterday, I have no social commitments until … Read more >>

It’s Pasquale’s turn to entertain us on another gloomy morning.   My first half-dozen or so answers went in quite readily and provided an entry to less familiar – or unknown – words, … Read more >>

What a lovely Monday morning surprise, to find a puzzle by Brendan, after a nine-month absence!     A puzzle that couldn’t have been more up my street. I had only three across … Read more >>

Well, it was pretty surely not going to be Paul, since we’d had him the previous Saturday and the following Friday, so I was intrigued as to who would get this Prize slot, … Read more >>

A blog posted in haste and with fingers crossed, together with my apologies for its late appearance. I was having great problems all day yesterday with my newly-installed router and at bedtime I … Read more >>

There’s no one better than Arachne to brighten up a grey November day. Another super puzzle from the Spider Lady, brimming with clever clues and witty wordplay / definitions / surfaces – replacement locks, … Read more >>

An enjoyable puzzle from Brummie this morning.   Brummie’s puzzles often contain a theme. The answers here cover a wide range of topics but I can’t see a connection. Of course, that doesn’t … Read more >>

It’s not often that we find Imogen in the Prize slot, so I suspected  there must be a reason, especially since we were given some Special Instructions: ‘One historic figure and 10 possible … Read more >>

As Andrew said a couple of weeks ago, there seems to be an emerging pattern of Vulcan and Chifonie alternating in the Monday slot. A generally straightforward puzzle [I have one or two … Read more >>

Another beautifully-crafted puzzle from Nutmeg to round off a generally good week. As usual, there are lots of witty, elegant clues – I’ll pick out 12, 14, 16 and 27ac and 4 and … Read more >>

Many thanks to Andrew for standing in for me last week. Other bloggers have said that they’ve run out of things to say about Picaroon’s puzzles and I’m in the same boat. This … Read more >>

My first reaction on seeing the name on this puzzle was, ‘That’ll teach me to complain about having so many Paul Prize puzzles to blog!’. The ‘Special instructions’ [which always make my heart … Read more >>