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Guardian Genius 150 / Boatman

Sun January 3, 2016 at 1:59 pmSun January 3, 2016 at 1:00 am by Bertandjoyce

The preamble states that: In one way or another 20,9 is missing from each clue. Our first one in was 21d – INNARDS which actually turned out to be incorrect but it took … Read more >>

Hello all, This one took me a few sittings, as should be the case. Enjoyable. As ever, I’m amazed by the grid constructions for puzzles like this. I found myself singing the bridge to this song … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 148 by Crucible

Sun November 1, 2015 at 2:58 pmSun November 1, 2015 at 8:39 am by mc_rapper67

A ‘centripetal’ jigsaw, with 20 clues in a mystery sequence, two unclued ‘kitchen items’, and a solitary square in the middle to be deduced as an ‘appropriate’ Roman numeral. Help! Stop the world, … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 147 by Paul

Sun October 4, 2015 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

The preamble for this Genius puzzle was fairly short and told us… that each of the 26 solutions begins with a different letter, which is ignored in its clue. The … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 146 – Qaos

Mon September 7, 2015 at 12:36 pmSun September 6, 2015 at 12:05 am by Andrew

Guardian Genius No 145 by Picaroon

Sun August 2, 2015 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

An apparently anonymous puzzle for July, offering an unusual twist on a familiar device. As Gaufrid pointed out to me, the identity of the setter was in fact available by doing an archive search, but not on the page where the puzzle itself was to be found.

Guardian Genius 144 by Puck

Sun July 5, 2015 at 12:49 am by Bertandjoyce

The preamble states that: Each clue contains a one word surplus to requirements. The initial letters of these words, in clue order spell out a group, followed by the title of one of … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 143

Sun May 31, 2015 at 1:00 am by Matt

A tricky letters latent puzzle from Monk.

Guardian Genius 142 by Crucible

Sun May 3, 2015 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

The preamble for Genius 142, when you can work your way through the hotch-potch of ‘temporary’ (?) workarounds the Grauniad have built around this ‘non-standard’ puzzle which has been there for 10-plus years, … Read more >>

Genius 141 / Vlad

Sun April 5, 2015 at 9:38 amSun April 5, 2015 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

The preamble told us that in 11 clues the wordplay produces a letter surplus to the solution. In order, these 11 letters provide a cryptic definition for 10 other solutions, represented in their … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 140 – Paul

Sun March 1, 2015 at 12:05 am by Andrew

The special instructions seemed vaguely familiar, and after a bit of searching I found that the idea of the definition applying to the answer of a different clue was used a couple of … Read more >>

Guardian Genius No 139 by Brummie

Sun February 1, 2015 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

I should never have said that the December Genius was easier than the Christmas special puzzle; this Genius was much harder than December’s.

Guardian Genius 138 by Picaroon

Sun January 4, 2015 at 12:35 am by Bertandjoyce

A message from Joyce: Before you read the preamble, I would like to apologise for my error in scheduling the date for publication. What I forgot to change was the year. I would like … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 137,Qaos

Mon December 1, 2014 at 1:07 am by Matt

Enjoyed this, despite making a rod for my own back once or twice.

Guardian Genius 136 by Puck

Sun November 2, 2014 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

For Genius 136, Puck tells us that “Eight solutions include one or more thematic elements that are absent from their clues. Before submitting your completed entry you must make a single numerical adjustment in … Read more >>