Independent 8853 by Alchemi (Saturday Prize Puzzle 28 February 2015)
A pleasant, if gentle, workout from Alchemi – no particular theme or Nina that I could see, but some symmetrically placed (10, …
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Enigmatic Variations No. 1160: Around Eve by Nod
A nice short preamble…only 24 clues…this should be a doddle! But hang on, what is going on with the grid? No bars, …
Independent 8823 by Klingsor (Saturday Prize Puzzle 24 January 2015)
Maybe not as challenging as some recent Saturday Prize Indy puzzles, but an enjoyable offering from Klingsor, with some nice surface readings… …
Enigmatic Variations No. 1156: Definition by Xanthippe
DEFINITION ticks several boxes in the list of classic EV devices – misprints in definitions giving some thematic material (a song title and …
Independent 8794 by Nestor (Saturday Prize Puzzle 20 December 2014)
Some pre-festive fun and frivolity from Nestor… I think I quite enjoyed this at the time, but with the extended submission date …
Independent 8465 by Monk (Saturday Prize Puzzle 30 November 2013)
A tough (but fair) mental workout from Monk this week. This needed a few return sessions to get to completion – in …
Enigmatic Variations No. 1096: Demand by Samuel
The preamble to DEMAND tells us that ‘the hunt is on’ for the unclued 14D. In 34 clues an extra letter in …
Guardian Genius 124 by Picaroon
The preamble, or ‘Special Instructions’, as the Genius calls them, tell us to resolve one clash in each across solution, working out …
Enigmatic Variations No. 1092: Burnt Offering by Mynot
Hmmm…a ‘burnt offering’…not quite the 5th of November, so unlikely to be Guy Fawkes…the (reasonably brief) preamble tells us that in ‘most’ …
Independent 8435 by Anax (Saturday Prize Puzzle 26 October 2013)
Remember, remember, the 26th of October…unfortunately I wasn’t able to make it up to the Northern S&B get-together last weekend…but will Anax …