It seems this got lost in the shuffle of the site move, but very unjustly, since it contains many many moments of pure cryptic artistry. Nothing pushes the envelope further (and better!) than these MCS … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,259: Anais, Zaha and Ella Walk Into A Bar…”
Day: 1st May 2022
Sunday Times 5004 by Dean Mayer – three good men unhanged
12:26. Another excellent puzzle. There were one or two in this one that I found a bit odd, but if that’s the price for Dean’s extraordinary creativity it’s one I’m happy to pay. What a great setter he is.
Mephisto 3217 – Don Manley
Greetings barred-grid fans! I found this week’s offering a little trickier than Don Manley’s recent Mephisto puzzles, though I was not helped by confidently putting TOOTS in at 16 across, and another typo in an early down that held up the top half for a long time.