My second Saturday Bluth in quick order (although that means they are ten weeks apart)…and I made pretty hard work of it…
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Cyclops 730 – Tawdry Slogan
Things have all got a bit tawdry recently, haven’t they…still, we have the ‘sunlit uplands’ to look forward to…are we there yet?…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,787 by Paul (18 June 2022)
‘Doctor, Doctor, I keep thinking I am a cryptic crossword clue.’ ‘Don’t feel two down about it.’… Sorry, I’m sure others can do better in the comments…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1543: Hard Bargain by Opsimath
Opsimath is threatening to drive a HARD BARGAIN with EV solvers this week…
Independent 11,127 by Tees (Saturday Puzzle 11 June 2022)
A fairly tough nut to crack from Tees…as it should be on a Saturday…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,763 by Picaroon (21 May 2022)
Picaroon had me ‘rowling’ in the aisles, with this fabulous monster of a puzzle…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1539: Recovery by Eclogue
Eclogue appeals to the Hercule Poirot/Inspector Clouseau within us, to determine a ‘stolen work’ and its creator – although happily the theft(s) led to eventual RECOVERY…
Cyclops 728 – Pure Mayhem
Our fortnightly delve into the psyche of Psy-ch-lops…
Independent 11,097 by Bluth (Saturday Puzzle 7 May 2022)
My first Bluth solve/blog…
Guardian Genius 226 by Soup
Soup has been a fairly prolific setter of Genius puzzles recently – with at least seven between 2016 and 2021, but this is his first for over a year, and my first of his to blog…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,739 by Brendan (23 April 2022)
I was a bit slow off the mark with this week’s offering from Brendan…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1535: Painful Poems by Chalicea
An Eng. Lit. test this week (not my strongest subject at skool), with Chalicea asking us to find two PAINFUL POEMS…probably not limericks then?…
Cyclops 726 – Ugly Bear
There I was, two puzzles ago, suggesting that Cyclops was out of tune with events by bringing up PartyGate and leadership challenges, but all of a sudden, they are news again…I’ll get my coat…
Independent 11,067 by Tyrus (Saturday Puzzle 2 April 2022)
Looking back through the lists, it seems I have been blogging Tyrus Saturday Indy (prize) puzzles since November 2012 – an innocent, carefree, pre-Brexit/pre-Covid lifetime ago! – and I think this is the 15th such. Always a pleasure to shake hands with an old face…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,715 by Vlad (26 March 2022)
My first thought on seeing this puzzle was how current events have given an unfortunate resonance to ‘Vlad’s pseudonym, and I was going to mention that in this blog – but someone beat me to it with a letter in Monday’s Grauniad, where they suggested he should change it to Vlod, in keeping with ‘cancel culture’…or maybe to show solidarity with the Ukrainian president?