Enigmatic Variations 983 Lost and Found by Piccadilly
All clues are normal this week! Surely not in an EV – Ah but all answers are modified, that’s more like it and there are some blank squares to boot, exhibiting horizontal symmetry … Read more >>
Never knowingly undersolved
All clues are normal this week! Surely not in an EV – Ah but all answers are modified, that’s more like it and there are some blank squares to boot, exhibiting horizontal symmetry … Read more >>
A tricky one this week from Nestor, with a good use of different vocabulary to direct or mis-direct the solver. I found this quite a slog – an enjoyable 27 clues, picked off … Read more >>
So some shaded squares this week to help define the problem and 6 clues to be entered in a non standard way to indicate the title. Other than that everything is straight forward. Is it … Read more >>
What has Tyrus in store for us? A very topical puzzle indeed considering the antics of the gutter press and those who inhabit the gutters that the general public seem to find so … Read more >>
Well what a preamble – redundant letters spell out a phrase concerning one of the puzzle’s numbers. Then it entered the world of Edward Lear, in my opinion – I’ll save decoding its … Read more >>
So clashes in across and downs this week will define a track with non-clashing clues containing a misprint which will guide you on your way. Also some thematic unclued entries to deduce. Sounds … Read more >>
What’s so special about the eleventh of June? Well it’s another Monk puzzle to blog. Some lovely clues again from Monk – 11ac, 28ac, 15ac, 7dn and 23dn are probably my top five, … Read more >>
Well all straight clues this week – apart from 4 with missing directions (N,E,W,S) to allow the correct quadrant of the carte-blanche grid to be completed – which means no clue numbers and … Read more >>
Full marks to Monk this week – if you get my drift. Well 20 out of 20 anyway. Some highly original touches in the grid this week, which I’ve tried to summarise in … Read more >>
So no grid numbers this week – just a list of straight clues in alphabetical order of their grid entry, forming an alphabetical jigsaw. After the majority have been entered, the remaining grid … Read more >>
A pleasing puzzle from Nestor this week. Certainly, a little easier than the last couple of weeks. Some lovely clues 28 across was probably my favourite – quite surreal, though there were other … Read more >>
Well – what is the Hobson’s choice of the title to be this week to complete it or to complete it? A fairly standard preamble – additional letters in the subsidiary quotation lead … Read more >>
A very pleasing puzzle from Monk, with some very inventive clues. Also a lovely array of the different clueing techniques that can be used in constructing a cryptic crossword. I failed to find … Read more >>
So a complicated preamble – the character referred to as X is to be found in the completed grid, his sweetheart is revealed from 9 asterisked cells, 4 unclued entries comprising 25 letters, … Read more >>
Half the clues are normal and half need alteration. Where a conflict arises, this must be resolved to produce a real word. Simplicity personified for an EV, or so it sounds. Will half … Read more >>