A challenge of a puzzle from Curmudgeon, to keep solvers busy for the subsequent week-or-so…
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Cyclops 712 – Tepid Turnips
Cyclops’ cryptic spray gun has some less-than-regular targets this fortnight…as well as some classic clueing smuttery…
Independent 10,918 by Monk (Saturday Puzzle 9 October 2021)
Any hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobes should look away now…Monk presents a puzzle with no fewer than six 15-letter entries…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1503: The Proverbial Way by X-Type
Is X-Type going to lead us up the PROVERBIAL path, or take us any which WAY?…
Cyclops 710 – Grim Atrocity
Cyclops seems to have his gloomy head on this fortnight…
Independent 10,888 by Tees (Saturday Puzzle 4 September 2021)
Some relatively gentle fun-and-games from Tees this week…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1499: The South American One by Gaston
The continental theme seems to have ‘drifted’ on beyond ‘Ladies’ Month’, with Gaston taking us to THE SOUTH AMERICAN ONE this week: Will it be a road to Rio? Will it be Chile when we get there? Will we catch a boat to Bolivia?
Cyclops 708 – Silent Grimace
I have to confess that I have left this to the last minute, so about 10 days have passed since I solved this, and I don’t remember too much about the experience…
Independent 10,858 by Tyrus (Saturday Puzzle 31 July 2021)
A slightly chewy puzzle from Tyrus, this non-prize Saturday…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1495: The African One by Skylark
Skylark seems to be transporting us to the African continent this week, unless the title is a deliberately cryptic mislead?…
Cyclops 706 – Totally (Expletive Deleted) Hopeless
Cyclops seems to be as up-to-date as a fortnightly schedule will allow!…
Independent 10,828 by Dalibor (Saturday Puzzle 26 June 2021)
I think this is my fourth Saturday Indy Dalibor blog, spread out over the past couple of years, and the previous three all had Ninas/themes, one of which I failed to spot! Will there be one here?…and if so, will I spot it?…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1491: Pioneer by Wickball
I blogged Wickball’s most recent EV – EV 1439, back in the depths of the first lockdown – which I introduced as ‘A pretty complicated preamble, and a pretty complicated solve…‘, sentiments I feel the need to repeat here!
Cyclops 704 – Regimental Quarantine
Some typical fun and games from Cyclops this fortnight…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1487: Difference by Chalicea
Chalicea presents us with a poetic theme in DIFFERENCE. Poetry has never really been my thing, but I’ve now had two in a row, after EV 1483 – and this one is bound to be equally educational for me!…