Guardian 29,094 / Carpathian

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Once again, Carpathian slips comfortably into the Monday slot, as I said at the beginning of my previous blog of one of her puzzles. I enjoyed this one, with its well-chosen indicators for … Read more >>

Azed 2659

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Azed gives us a standard plain puzzle for the competition this month.  The competition clue is the 12-letter entry at 2 down       I struggled a bit with the wording of … Read more >>

Roger Squires – RIP

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Roger Squires – RIP

Remembrance page

Guardian Obituary

Many of you will have, like myself, solved today’s Guardian Prize puzzle and learned of the death of Rufus at the age of 91.

I did wonder about including the previous sentence but I notice that another website has already made the connection.

Roger retired as a setter in 2017 and was featured in The Guardian. There is also a Wikipedia Page.

I had the pleasure of meeting Roger, albeit briefly, in Birmingham in 2011 in The Old Contemptibles, where he performed a few magic tricks.

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Guardian 29,092 / Picaroon

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What’s this? Picaroon with Special Instructions? On a weekday? Several times lately Picaroon has taken to hiding his themes until midway through the down clues, thus frustrating solvers like me who tackle the … Read more >>