Guardian Genius

Pasquale has set the September Genius       There was a fairly short preamble that told us: Wordplay in nine of the across clues and all the down clues omits one or … Read more >>

The instruction “the wordplay in each clue leads to a solution where two letters require an elementary substitution before entry in the grid” may have been intended as cryptic , but I guessed … Read more >>

A puzzle by Enigmatist is always a challenge, but this wasn’t as hard as some recent Geniuses. The instructions read as follows: “Thirteen clues consist of wordplay alone and share the same missing … Read more >>

Soup provides this month’s challenge for the old grey matter The preamble reads: Definitions in all clues are normal, but you must count on a knowledge of French and German (as well as … Read more >>

It’s the first Monday in May and up comes a most enjoyable tussle with Vlad. We were told that: Twelve thematic solutions are to be entered in the grid incompletely. Their clues contain … Read more >>

The March Genius is one of the hardest puzzles I have encountered in this series of puzzles.       The changes used to get from defined answers to treated answers were more … Read more >>

Another tough Genius this month, after last month’s relatively gentle puzzle. This puzzle was of a kind that we have seen before in the Genius series, with a number of solutions representing partners … Read more >>

Instructions Crossing solutions to the clues clash in eight of the squares. The correct letters to enter in the puzzle spell out, in grid order top to bottom, a name connected with the … Read more >>

A tricky one this month that took me far longer to solve than a puzzle in this series normally does. The instruction was clear enough: ll vwls hv bn rmvd frm bth cls nd … Read more >>

Unless I have missed something devious, this month’s Genius from Qaos seemed relatively gentle… The preamble states that: “Half the solutions must have a letter removed before entry in the grid (only valid … Read more >>

I can only find a blog for one previous puzzle  by Chandler on this site.  That was also for a Genius back in November 2017 focusing on HORSES and COURSES.  It will be … Read more >>

As is often the case with Genius puzzles, the instructions were not particularly helpful at first glance, so it was just a case of trying to solve some clues, with or without the … Read more >>