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Hello all. We have another gem from the late Oxymoron, which I very much enjoyed. The preamble reads: 13 thematic answers …
A delightful puzzle from Kruger, whose monicker is reminiscent of a famous ‘park’ in South Africa…
“Clues are normal and in conventional order; bars (which would not be symmetrical) must not be shown. Numbers given are answer lengths. Three cells each containing more than one letter must have each group replaced by a symbol. In the completed grid 20 cells containing two names and one letter showing a position in a sequence must be highlighted and three letters italicised; the centre cell is left empty. Solvers must empty six further cells which allow BAND TO reset, leaving real words. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
An interesting preamble. Nine entries to thematically treat and 9 clues also. The treatments lead to a description of what has been …
Hi all, I hope this blog finds you well. Having left the puzzle until far later than is wise, I was very …
Just like London buses, you wait ages for a Piccadilly to blog (EV 949 in 2011, EV 1291 in 2017), and then three come along in quick succession (EV 1419 in February this year, EV 1431 in May and now EV 1443). Where is this particular bus taking us?…
“Ten answers have been affected by an IT FEATURE and must be amended before entry in one of two ways. For the remaining clues, half contain a superfluous word which must be relocated into one of the clues in the other half before solving. Numbers in brackets refer to entry lengths. Letters in the four shaded cells can be arranged to provide an acronym of the IT FEATURE, which must be written in full below the grid. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended; two answers are abbreviations.”
Quite a cryptic preamble this week – clues are normal and then a number of extracts to be found – works by …
Hi everyone, I hope you are well. I’m very happy indeed that this series has escaped the axe (for now) and would …
A pretty complicated preamble, and a pretty complicated solve! Could ‘PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE’ be a (wishful) reference to lockdown life for many of us?!
It would appear that The Telegraph intends to discontinue the Enigmatic Variations series of barred cryptic puzzles in August. We must try …
“The left-hand and bottom perimeter cells represent empty supermarket shelves which must be ‘restocked’ (making new words) with the initial letters of the first 12 words of a song. One of its subsequent lyrics explains the specific item that was UNDERSTOCKED. Solvers must write the title below the grid and highlight the two artists (two blocks of cells in straight lines) responsible. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Straight clues and 9 clashes to find and resolve into one of two options based on three answers to clue the correct …
Hello and best wishes all. Our setter has invited us all on a bus ride – although, perhaps due to current circumstances, it’s …
How careless of the type setter – 17 clues have words from their definition in the next clue. Five clues both lose …