A Saturday Prize Grauniad puzzle slot debut for Matilda?…
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Cyclops 770 – Indignant Nigel
I found this quite a gentle puzzle – maybe Cyclops is being kind to us at the start of the new year…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1623: Bus Stop by Chalicea
Chalicea has us waiting at a BUS STOP on New Year’s Eve…will three come along at once?…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,266 by Picaroon (30 December 2023)
Picaroon closes out the 2023 Grauniad Saturday Prize puzzle series…and seems to be happy to be ‘shot’ of 2023!…
Cyclops 768 – 2023 Xmas Special
My turn to blog the cruciverbal marathon that is the Private Eye/Cyclops Christmas Special…about 2 and a 1/2 times as many clues/entries as usual, and exactly 2.5 times the Prize on offer!
Enigmatic Variations No. 1619: Polyfilla by Check
Check has got the POLYFILLA out this week – has some DIY gone wrong?…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,243 by Paul (2 December 2023)
Paul is up to his usual playful tricks in this Prize puzzle…with a familiar preponderance of 2- and 3-word linked entries, hyphenations and amusing surface reads.
Cyclops 766 – Populist Octopus
It is nearly 2024 and still Ronald T Dump pervades the headlines and the political landscape in America…and still provides Cyclops with wordplay for the letter T…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1615: First Born by Luxor
Luxor seems to be a new name on the EV roster – and with that name and a theme of FIRST BORN you could be forgiven for thinking this might be a biblical tale…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,219 by Picaroon (4 November 2023)
Picaroon presents a Prize puzzle for your perspicacious pleasure…
Guardian Genius 244 by Claw
After the now-traditional ‘dance of the seven veils’ with a new Genius puzzle, or in this case, the ‘dance of the six missing clues’, all was eventually revealed when the correct version of the puzzle was posted after a couple of days…
York SnB – PostMark
Apologies for the lateness of this blog – which I think is the last of the many York S&B puzzles – hope it was worth waiting for! (If you haven’t tried it, you should be able to access it here.)
Cyclops 764 – Orgasmic Cynicism
Apologies for the lateness and the brevity of this blog…I had it all set up and nearly ready on the train up to York…and I was about to finish it off at the hotel when I got the call of ‘Pub!…’ from kenmac…and who am I to disobey our great leader…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1611: Footsteps by Skylark
Skylark has two relatives for us to find, with one following in the other’s FOOTSTEPS…and a thematic perimeter…intriguing…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,195 by Paul (7 October 2023)
Does Paul have a warning for his solvers in this puzzle?…