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Enigmatic Variations No. 1447: Theme Parks by Kruger

Sat August 22, 2020 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

A delightful puzzle from Kruger, whose monicker is reminiscent of a famous ‘park’ in South Africa…

Independent 10,559 by Knut (Saturday Puzzle 15 August 2020)

Sat August 15, 2020 at 11:46 amSat August 15, 2020 at 10:00 am by mc_rapper67

A ‘gubernatorial’ feel to this puzzle, with three references to ‘presidents’, plus Mao, Merkel, Her Majesty and Charlie…and also some pop royalty with Tina Turner and Yoko…and all that just in the clues!

Cyclops 681 – Infection Price Tag

Mon July 27, 2020 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

Typical Cyclopsean fare, book-ended by two references to ‘members’, neither of which are MPs…but also two uncharacteristic setting/editing slips, at 1A and 20D?

Enigmatic Variations No. 1443: Girl Sang Hymn by Piccadilly

Sat July 25, 2020 at 3:05 pmSat July 25, 2020 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

Just like London buses, you wait ages for a Piccadilly to blog (EV 949 in 2011, EV 1291 in 2017), and then three come along in quick succession (EV 1419 in February this year, EV 1431 in May and now EV 1443). Where is this particular bus taking us?…

Independent 10,529 by Dalibor (Saturday Puzzle 11 July 2020)

Sun July 12, 2020 at 8:35 pmSat July 11, 2020 at 10:00 am by mc_rapper67

An enjoyable puzzle from Dalibor today, with a few ‘might-have-been-topical’ clues?…(if it hadn’t have been for those pesky Covids…)…and some suspicious looking ‘unches’ around the perimeter…

Cyclops 679 – Stir-Crazy Cabinet Meeting

Mon June 29, 2020 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

We are well into ‘post-Covid’ setting now, with ‘lockdown’ and ‘coronavirus’ both getting a mention in the clues. Lockdown frustration still seems to be getting the better of Cyclops, with lots of sexual … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No. 1439: Peaceful Coexistence? by Wickball

Sat June 27, 2020 at 8:33 amSat June 27, 2020 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

A pretty complicated preamble, and a pretty complicated solve! Could ‘PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE’ be a (wishful) reference to lockdown life for many of us?!

Independent 10,499 by Monk (Saturday Puzzle 6 June 2020)

Sat June 6, 2020 at 10:00 am by mc_rapper67

It hardly seems like yesterday (Oct 2018 actually) that the Indy was tipping over the 10,000 mark, and here are at just under 10,500…tempus fugit. A quick start, slow middle and chewy end from Monk today, at least from your blogger’s perspective…

Cyclops 677 – Non-stick Morality

Mon June 1, 2020 at 11:42 amMon June 1, 2020 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

A wide variety of references from Cyclops this fortnight, from a popular 70s TV show to the current pandemic, with Trump, Johnson, Clegg and Elizabeth I getting mentions in the clues…

Enigmatic Variations No. 1435: Majority by Ifor

Sat May 30, 2020 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

What sort of MAJORITY is Ifor testing us with this week – is it a political majority – wafer-thin Brexitian or 80-strong Johnson-ian; a ‘coming of age’ majority; or a military major-ity, like Major Major in Catch-22?