Its been over two years since I blogged a Qaos…well worth the wait though!
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Cyclops 816 – Phoney Nationalism
The political landscape continues to provide Cyclops with plenty of targets…
Spectator 2725 – Tandemonium? by CheeseCracker
This is my first Spectator puzzle blog, although I have been solving (and submitting) them for several years now…and have been lucky enough to win a few prizes along the way…
Guardian Genius 268 by Odo
A debut Genius from Odo…whose real identity was revealed to me at the York get-together…
S&B 2025 – Do you know your ABCs? by Guinevere
Guinevere has kindly created a jumbo puzzle for solvers at the York get-together. For anyone who wants to solve it before reading the blog, the puzzle is here.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1715: The Wrong Sort by Wicksparrow
We have the WRONG SORT of something from Wicksparrow this week…maybe it was the wrong sort of week for my blogging turn to fall?!
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,817 by Brendan (4 October 2025)
I’ve blogged some interesting and challenging Prize puzzles by Brendan in the last couple of years, usually with a theme or a twist to the tale…so what does this one hold for us?…
Cyclops 814 – Apoplectic Diplomat
Do not adjust your sets! Due to an administrative and logistical c0ck-up I forgot to blog Eye 813, for which my abject apologies, but beermagnet kindly filled in for me, to whom my eternal thanks, and I am now on even-numbered puzzles – at least until the Christmas Special messes around with our schedule…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1711: Lullaby by Charybdis
Is Charybdis trying to LULL-ABY us into a false sense of security, by making us think this is a nice gentle puzzle to fall asleep with?…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,793 by Vlad (6 September 2025)
A good, honest and tough prize puzzle mental workout from Vlad this week…
Cyclops 811 – Wellness Mantra
We all need a bit of wellness in our lives, and where better to start than with a Cyclops puzzle…they should be available on the NHS…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1707: Crassword by Stick Insect
A quick check – no, this isn’t the Grauniad, so that probably isn’t just a typo in CRASSWORD…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,769 by Brendan (9 August 2025)
Are you a methodical solver – start at the first A, work through to the last D – or a ‘flitter’ – eyes darting around the clues and looking for a quick way in?
Enigmatic Variations No. 1703 – Opening by Gaston
The solver is always looking for an OPENING to find their way into a puzzle, but here the finding of an OPENING seems to be the endgame of the puzzle as well…