My first Bluth solve/blog…
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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?
Enigmatic Variations No. 1531: The Correct Solution by Gaston
As solvers, we are all striving to reach THE CORRECT SOLUTION – some just for the satisfaction, others for the chance to win the Holy Grail of the EV – a ‘fine Telegraph fountain pen’!
Cyclops 724 – Leadership Enigma
Cyclops’ fortnightly offering seems to have been overtaken by events…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,691 by Paul (26 February 2022)
I think we have a rare beast here – the lesser-spotted ‘vanilla’ puzzle from Paul…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1527: Point of View by Karla
A debut EV for Karla, I believe, who according to this site seems to have one Grauniad Genius and one IQ to his name so far…nothing like jumping in at the deep end, eh?!
Cyclops 722 – Reckless Hardliner
Some typical Cyclops-ean fare this fortnight…cocking a snook at a variety of political (and other) targets, with a smidgeon of smuttery mixed in…
Independent 11,037 by Quince (Saturday Puzzle 26 February 2022)
I believe Quince is a relatively new setter on the Indy block, with a debut double-pangram last December…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,667 by Paul (29 January 2022)
This is my first ever blog of a Paul Grauniad Cryptic, although I did cover one of his Genius puzzles back in 2018…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1523: Working Titles by Harribobs
When I discovered that it was a Harribobs EV on my turn to blog, my first instinct was to go and hide behind the sofa…