Did anyone else have Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I AM WHAT I AM’ earworming as they solved this pretty tough jigsaw puzzle?…
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Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,649 by Enigmatist (22 March 2025)
I’m sure Lady Bracknell would have something to say about the coincidence of getting two Enigmatist Prize puzzles to blog in a row…maybe in that lesser-known book by Oscar Wilde – ‘The Importance of Blogging Enigmatist‘…
Cyclops 799 – Diplomatic Chainsaw
Cyclops is on the cusp of yet another numerical milestone…an octo-centenary!…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1683: Parking Offence by Chalicea
Has Chalicea been naughty and parked her car somewhere she shouldn’t have, committing a PARKING OFFENCE?…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,625 by Enigmatist (22 February 2025)
Last week Eileen wrote of the ‘delight’ of landing an Arachne puzzle to blog, ‘especially on a Saturday, when there’s more time to savour it‘. This week it was more like the dread in the pit of the stomach on finding one has an Enigmatist! But at least it is a Saturday, so I should have plenty of time to struggle through it…
Cyclops 797 – Greenland Hypnotist
Cyclops is perhaps a little more Cyclops-ean than usual this fortnight…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1679: No Introduction by Gaston
Gaston says that this puzzle ‘requires NO INTRODUCTION’, so I won’t write one…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,601 by Vlad (25 January 2025)
Vlad gives your correspondent a pretty tough mental workout this week…
Cyclops 795 – Pie-Eyed Wassailer
Cyclops laughs in the face of ‘Dry January’ (although I prefer to think of it as ‘Dry Gin-uary’…)
Enigmatic Variations No. 1675: Self-Similarity by Luxor
I’m going to put it out there – if we had an annual awards ceremony for the Enigmatic Variations (the Evvys?) – which we don’t – then Luxor would be strutting his/her stuff on the red carpet in a tux/ballgown, as a strong favourite for POTY (Puzzle of the Year) with SELF-SIMILARITY…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,577 by Kite (28 December 2024)
What could be more traditional than doing a jigsaw over the Xmas/New Year period?! Kite provides an alphabetical one for us here, and also provides me with the opportunity for my 500th blog on this site…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1671: Good Health by Karla
I hope this last blog (for me) of 2024 finds you in GOOD HEALTH…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,554 by Paul (30 November 2024)
It’s a Prize Puzzle, and it’s a Paul – so there’ll probably be some linked/multi-light entries, some punning double-definitions, and maybe an outrageous homophone or two…let’s see…
Cyclops 792 – Polemical Patronage
A relatively tame puzzle from Cyclops, in terms of political satire and skoolboy smuttery in the clueing, that is…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1667: Negatives by Stick Insect
I hope I won’t be feeling NEGATIVE about this puzzle from Stick Insect by the end?!…