A fairly tough nut to crack from Tees…as it should be on a Saturday…
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Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,763 by Picaroon (21 May 2022)
Picaroon had me ‘rowling’ in the aisles, with this fabulous monster of a puzzle…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1539: Recovery by Eclogue
Eclogue appeals to the Hercule Poirot/Inspector Clouseau within us, to determine a ‘stolen work’ and its creator – although happily the theft(s) led to eventual RECOVERY…
Cyclops 728 – Pure Mayhem
Our fortnightly delve into the psyche of Psy-ch-lops…
Independent 11,097 by Bluth (Saturday Puzzle 7 May 2022)
My first Bluth solve/blog…
Guardian Genius 226 by Soup
Soup has been a fairly prolific setter of Genius puzzles recently – with at least seven between 2016 and 2021, but this is his first for over a year, and my first of his to blog…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,739 by Brendan (23 April 2022)
I was a bit slow off the mark with this week’s offering from Brendan…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1535: Painful Poems by Chalicea
An Eng. Lit. test this week (not my strongest subject at skool), with Chalicea asking us to find two PAINFUL POEMS…probably not limericks then?…
Cyclops 726 – Ugly Bear
There I was, two puzzles ago, suggesting that Cyclops was out of tune with events by bringing up PartyGate and leadership challenges, but all of a sudden, they are news again…I’ll get my coat…
Independent 11,067 by Tyrus (Saturday Puzzle 2 April 2022)
Looking back through the lists, it seems I have been blogging Tyrus Saturday Indy (prize) puzzles since November 2012 – an innocent, carefree, pre-Brexit/pre-Covid lifetime ago! – and I think this is the 15th such. Always a pleasure to shake hands with an old face…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,715 by Vlad (26 March 2022)
My first thought on seeing this puzzle was how current events have given an unfortunate resonance to ‘Vlad’s pseudonym, and I was going to mention that in this blog – but someone beat me to it with a letter in Monday’s Grauniad, where they suggested he should change it to Vlod, in keeping with ‘cancel culture’…or maybe to show solidarity with the Ukrainian president?
Enigmatic Variations No. 1531: The Correct Solution by Gaston
As solvers, we are all striving to reach THE CORRECT SOLUTION – some just for the satisfaction, others for the chance to win the Holy Grail of the EV – a ‘fine Telegraph fountain pen’!
Cyclops 724 – Leadership Enigma
Cyclops’ fortnightly offering seems to have been overtaken by events…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,691 by Paul (26 February 2022)
I think we have a rare beast here – the lesser-spotted ‘vanilla’ puzzle from Paul…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1527: Point of View by Karla
A debut EV for Karla, I believe, who according to this site seems to have one Grauniad Genius and one IQ to his name so far…nothing like jumping in at the deep end, eh?!