Enigmatic Variations 1252: The Van by Ifor
My old man said ‘Follow the van…’…but what kind of ‘van’ does Ifor have in mind?…Van Morrison? ‘The Van’, by Roddy Doyle? or maybe a White-Van Man’ The preamble in full states that: … Read more >>
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Cyclops 586 – Unleash Nasty Mess…
…or ‘One No-Trump’, maybe, as I think this is the first Cyclops in a while not to mention the orange-skinned self-publicist…thank goodness the US election is over, and we won’t have to worry … Read more >>
Independent 9392 by Maize (Saturday Puzzle 19 November 2016)
Another new (to me, at least) setter…I seem to have been saying this a lot recently, which can only be a good thing! I can’t find any previous Maize puzzles on this site, … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 160 by Puck
What flight of fancy will Puck – the mischievous, fun-loving sprite from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ – take us on with Genius 160?… Well thankfully, for your correspondent at least, this was a … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1248: Snowball by Harribobs
O…M…G… I suspect we have a candidate for ‘EV of the year’, if not the decade, in terms of grid construction and denouément at least…I think I need a SNOWBALL cocktail (or two), … Read more >>
Cyclops 584: ‘Trump’ed-Up Charges?
Sixteen days to go in the mud-slinging gutter-trawling (least-un)popularity contest that is the US election, and both Trump and Clinton references abound in this week’s Cyclops…hopefully he’ll have some closer-to-home Brexit machinations and … Read more >>
Independent 9362 by Gila (Saturday Puzzle 15 October 2016)
I think this was my first Gila ‘regular’ cryptic solve, although I have come across his/her thematic/barred offerings in the Inquisitor and EV series, and my first Gila blog… I found this a … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1244: 3 Down by Serpent
In a crescendo of coincidence, or a planned plethora(?), Serpent/Jack has had four puzzles out in the last month or so, across four different outlets – a Saturday Indie, which I also had the … Read more >>
Cyclops 582: Unelected Oddball
After my suggestion that Cyclops 580 was maybe a tad ‘lite’ on the usual Cyclops-ean smuttiness, this one certainly redresses the balance! Some focus on the American election as well… …giving it out … Read more >>
Independent 9332 by Serpent (Saturday Puzzle 10 September 2016)
Serpent is a new setter to me, certainly as far as blogging is concerned, and a quick search of this site shows a handful of Indy cryptics, plus an Inquisitor and an EV…most of them … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1240: Mass Transit by Ifor
Ifor offers us some MASS TRANSIT this week – we could be ‘going underground’, with the Jam; we could be ‘on the buses’ with Reg Varney; or we could be on the EV … Read more >>
Cyclops 580: J-exit / resignation honours
After a momentous few weeks of Brexit, political resignations and shenanigans (et tu Gové?!), and Cameron’s lavender list, the 15×15 world has been rocked by its own J-exit – the resignation of JetDoc from the Cyclops blog. … Read more >>
Independent 9302 by Nimrod (Saturday Puzzle 6 August 2016)
Just like a London bus…you wait ages for a Saturday Nimrod to blog, then two come along in a row (well, five weeks apart, but in a row on my rota slot). Indy … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1236: Record Holders by Nutmeg
With the Olympics starting at approximately the same time as this puzzle’s submission date, is Nutmeg going to give us some sporting records to decipher…will this be a marathon or a sprint?…or perhaps … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1232: Something Isn’t There by Samuel
On first inspection of SOMETHING ISN’T THERE, I had a touch of the Rumsfelds – there are ‘known unknowns’, and there might well be some ‘unknown unknowns’… Will Samuel be using his weapons of … Read more >>