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Clues by Imogen and Grid by Gin. Between the Scylla of what looks to be a monstrous construction by Shark for October and the Charybdian vortex of Sirius’s force-field we find… a normal puzzle, by Imogen and Gin. However, Imogen can be a most proficiently awkward concealer of what he really means, and Gin’s grids always present their themes in ingenious ways.
Clues by Imogen and Grid by Gin Enter the prize draw by 30 September. I seem to hear the strains of Henry Hall and his Orchestra:Away with dull care, the day is set fair, a wireless set near to bring us good cheer! The background for this puzzle is a Graham Fox photograph consisting of the outline… Read more Hints & Tips September 2023
Clues by Pickles and Grid by Gin Theme: A tribute to our yearly calendar The winner of the December puzzle is Andrew Wyss of Leeds. Review of the December 2022 3D crossword This was a witty puzzle to finish the year, and we may surely be permitted to blow our own trumpets once in a… Read more 3D Crossword Solution – December 2022
by Vlad and Calluna
by Puck and XAM
by Boatman and Calluna
by Imogen and Gin
by Komorník
Tie-break puzzle — no Hints & Tips!
by Komorník
Clues by Pickles and Grid by Gin The background for this puzzle is an Alan Tunnicliffe photograph of a fox in grass with buttercups. This puzzle by Pickles uses a conventional 7x5x5 grid by Gin and the theme is particularly appropriate for the publication in which it is printed. Letters in the three shaded squares… Read more Hints & Tips December 2022
Clues by Tramp and Grid by Gin Theme: I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, Radio Four Programme first broadcast April 1972 The winners of the April puzzle are Monica Jeffrey & Denise Brocklehurst of Weston Under Wetherley. Review of the April 2022 3D crossword We were told that this puzzle celebrates a 50th anniversary. At… Read more 3D Crossword Solution – April 2022
Clues by Tramp and Grid by Gin The background to this puzzle is a Graham Fox photograph of two colourful rectangular parachutes against a blue sky. The Grid by Gin is a Seven Dials grid, but with the unusual feature that each cell in the central core contains two letters. On each level there are… Read more Hints & Tips April 2022
by Imogen and Patch
by Vlad and Aramis
by Raich and Bozzy
by Pickles and Gin
Clues by Vlad and Grid by Gin. The winner of the July puzzle were Monica Jeffrey and Denise Brocklehurst of Weston under Wetherley.
Clues by Vlad and Grid by Gin The background for this puzzle is a Graham Fox photograph showing a mouth-watering pile of limes. This grid by Gin marks 58th and 70th anniversaries of important dates in the life of one of a famous (or rather notorious) group. His epithet appears in the yellow highlighted squares.… Read more Hints & Tips July 2021
