Never knowingly undersolved
This is Eccles’ first Genius puzzle. We are very familiar with this setter as he is a regular in the Independent and we always enjoy his puzzles there, so we were very excited … Read more >>
This was a fun solve, with Pangakupu’s obligatory New Zealand contribution appearing in the final version – so obscure that it had to be googled to be believed.
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…
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It’s my six-monthly delve into the Guardian Genius with a puzzle from Pangukupu that I know better as Phi in the Independent series., The preamble was fairly succinct and understandable, … Read more >>
Jigsaw-style puzzles are becoming quite a regular feature of Genius puzzles – this is the third such in a row. I do enjoy them, but perhaps some more variety would be in order. … Read more >>
A musical theme for this month’s Genius.
Preamble : All clues are normal and all solutions are single words. However, the solutions are in no particular order and you must discover some other way of deciding where the solutions should … Read more >>
May’s Genius setter was Pasquale, donnish as ever …
A second Genius from Harpo, after Genius 228 last year…
Qaos gave us an interesting puzzle this month using a clue device that I have never seen before. The preamble was short and to the point when it stated that … Read more >>
Pangakupu, alias Phi of the Independent, is a fairly recent addition to the Guardian stable: this is his third Genius puzzle. It was apparent that the letter counts in some clues didn’t match … Read more >>
A challenging puzzle which ultimately had me fooled.
This is Jack’s fourth Genius puzzle and the 2nd that we have had the pleasure of blogging. We are more familiar with his Indy persona as Serpent and we always enjoy his puzzles – so this should be good!