Never knowingly undersolved
The instructions seemed reasonably straightforward:
A turtle starts on a perimeter cell and moves forward cell by cell. If it lands on an L, it turns 90 degrees anticlockwise; if an R, 90 degrees clockwise; otherwise it continues in the same direction.
One word in each clue must be removed before solving; in clue order, these words’ first letters provide an extra instruction.
When the turtle exits the grid after making at least one turn, its path has traced what letter?
Gemelo educates and entertains.
Wiglaf provides the Saturday challenge this week….
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Imogen gives your blogger a fairly tough workout with this Prize-slot puzzle – which it seems is also my first chance to blog an Imogen…
When I solved this I expected to be complaining here about the lack of references to a certain recently-arrested “man in his sixties from Norfolk”, but indeed a week is a long time in politics – in that time Peter Mandelson, the Prince of Darkness himself has also been assisting the police with their enquiries.
A fun challenge from SOLOMON!
It’s less than three weeks since the last Qaos puzzle, but I’m always glad to see his name. Thanks to him for this one.
Phi gives us his weekly Independent puzzle today
Thank you to Paul. Definitions are underlined in the clues. (Sorry for the late blog.)
Italicus provides our Thursday challenge.
Jason has set this morning’s FT puzzle.
“Clues to perimeter entries comprise wordplay only. Each contains an extra word. Reading either the second or penultimate letters of these in clue order, followed by the alternative choices,
It’s Wednesday, it’s Eccles!