A significant milestone for Cyclops, if the numerologists are to be believed, with puzzle number 750…three quarters of a millennium…
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Enigmatic Variations No. 1583: Remedies by The Ace of Hearts
What ails the Ace of Hearts this week, that he should need to resort to ‘REMEDIES’?…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,027 by Qaos (25 March 2023)
This is my first blog of a Qaos Grauniad cryptic puzzle, although I have covered three of his Genius puzzles – including Genius 130, as far back as 2014…
Cyclops 748 – Viewpoint Censorship
Cyclops has, serendipitously, put his finger on the pulse of the Zeitgeist this fortnight…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1579 – Line of Duty by Eclogue
I’ve never watched the TV show of the same name, so if that is the theme I will need to Go-ogle to complete it!
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,003 by Brendan (25 February 2023)
Well, I’ll be doggone! Not sure if last Saturday was ‘International Dog Appreciation Day’ or something, but Brendan has woven an impressive number of doggie references into the clues for this puzzle…
Cyclops 746 – Browbeaten Scapegoat
Cyclops seems to be a bit down-in-the-dumps this fortnight…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1575 – Follow The Instructions By Kcit
As I may have mentioned before, my natural instinct on seeing a ‘carte blanche’ used to be to avert my eyes and walk in the other direction to avoid it…but I have gradually persuaded myself that I must at least try them…and needs must when one falls on my blogging slot!
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,979 by Philistine (28 January 2023)
My New Year’s resolution must have been to blog more Philistine puzzles, having coincided with his last Saturday Prize one at the cusp of the old/new year…and his first of the new one…
Cyclops 744 – Pathetic Economics
Some (reasonably) topical targets in this fortnight’s puzzle from Cyclops…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1571 – Dotty Links by Wickball
This is the third Wickball EV I have blogged, and the previous two were pretty chewy!…What can DOTTY LINKS mean? A golf reference? Someone nicknamed Dotty?…
Independent 11,307 by Quince (Saturday Puzzle 7 January 2023)
After almost exactly 12 years and 128 Saturday Independent blogs, I have decided it is time to ‘pass on the baguette‘, as Matt Lucas recently put it…and this was a pleasant solve to finish on, although I needed some matriarchal assistance…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,955 by Philistine (31 December 2022)
Philistine rings out the old, with the last Grauniad puzzle of 2022…a relatively gentle solve, compared to the mind-stretcher of the Christmas special the previous week!
Cyclops 742 – Anecdotal Largesse
After Saturday’s Grauniad Brummie, a Private Eye puzzle by Cyclops, his naughty alter ego – Dr Jekyll to Brummie’s Mr Hyde…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,931 by Brummie (3 December 2022)
A few weeks ago I was ‘double-Serpent-ed’, with an Indy and an EV to blog in the same weekend…and this week I am double Brummie-d/Cyclops-ed, with this Grauniad puzzle and a Private Eye Cyclops to cover…