“More Soup, vicar?” No sooner had I finished blogging his recent Saturday Grauniad Prize puzzle than I got a second helping, with this Genius…not that I am complaining, I could cope with Soup for starter, main and dessert, if the opportunity arose!
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Enigmatic Variations No. 1639: Switch by Piccadilly
Piccadilly is looking to SWITCH jobs this week – hopefully just the ‘day job’, and not the puzzle setting…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,362 by Picaroon (20 April 2024)
A fitting puzzle for the Saturday Prize puzzle slot from Picaroon this week…
Cyclops 776 – Right-wing Jester
Cyclops is on tip-top form this fortnight, with some great surface reads and relatively topical material (given the constraints of setting lead times and a fortnightly publication, and a little Truss-ian serendipity)…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1635: Tom’s Problem by Kcit
Not sure who TOM is, but he has a PROBLEM! Can we fix it? Yes we can!…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,338 by Soup (23 March 2024)
Soup’s second foray into the Saturday Prize slot…and quite a mental workout, at least for your correspondent…
Cyclops 774 – Tacky Clickbait
A tale of two halves for your blogger, this fortnight…the bottom half seemed to fill up rather quickly, but the top half was a bit chewier…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1631: Missing by Eclogue
Eclogue presents some (28) clues with MISSING letters – and several thematic items and a place to deduce…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,314 by Picaroon (24 February 2024)
I seem to be coinciding with Picaroon every other four weeks in the Prize puzzle slot…not that I’m complaining…
Cyclops 772 – Easy-peasy Flip-flopping
There are two clue references to ‘ex-PM’s, but thankfully neither of them is a BoJo, and Cyclops bids ‘no Trumps’ as well…his New Year’s resolution seems to be holding!
Enigmatic Variations No. 1627: The Missing Link by Gaston
Gaston challenges us to find a MISSING LINK, and to ‘deal with’ a barred-off central cell… The preamble states that: “Answers to eight normal clues have the same consecutive letters (the LINK) removed … Read more >>
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,290 by Matilda (27 January 2024)
A Saturday Prize Grauniad puzzle slot debut for Matilda?…
Cyclops 770 – Indignant Nigel
I found this quite a gentle puzzle – maybe Cyclops is being kind to us at the start of the new year…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1623: Bus Stop by Chalicea
Chalicea has us waiting at a BUS STOP on New Year’s Eve…will three come along at once?…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,266 by Picaroon (30 December 2023)
Picaroon closes out the 2023 Grauniad Saturday Prize puzzle series…and seems to be happy to be ‘shot’ of 2023!…