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This week’s NTSPP was a special one – some of our favourite setters, and a couple new to the NTSPP series, collaborated as ‘Omnia’ to mark the 80th birthday of Rufus (Roger Squires). I found it a reasonably straightforward solve, with a couple of headscratchers just to make you think, and had fun trying to work out who set which clue (see the end of the post for the answer).
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Welcome to the latest in our series of puzzles, which have now been running every week for over two years.
By the time that you read this I will be at a party for a very special person. If you want to know who and why then you will have to solve this excellent puzzle, which is a joint effort from a number of people: A Clue A Day, Alchemi, Anax, Arachne, Bufo, Elgar, Gazza, Hieroglyph, Prolixic, Qix, Radler and last, but not least, Tilsit who has put the whole project together. A special welcome to A Clue A Day and Arachne as this is their first appearance in this series of puzzles.
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After three crosswords published on the DIY COW site, eXternal makes a welcome debut in the NTSPP series. This was an excellent crossword and I hope that it will be the first of many from him. I have highlighted my favourite clues in blue.
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Welcome to the latest in our series of puzzles, which have now been running every week for over two years.
He’s been cutting his teeth on the DIY COW clue-writing competition, and today you can tackle his first NTSPP puzzle. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Radler returns with a themed winter crossword that is very appropriate given the current weather sweeping across the country. The key to the crossword is solving 13d which introduces the theme word needed to unlock many of the remaining clues. Even with the theme word cracked, this is a tricky crossword with some complicated wordplay, strokes of genius and Radler’s usual libertarian cluing that reflects his love of some Guardian setters!!
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Welcome to the latest in our series of puzzles, which have now been running every week for two years.
This week we have puzzle by Radler in which several of the answers have a theme which is given by the answer to 13 down.
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Bigging It Up
Welcome back to Alchemi with a fun filled feast of anagrams (15) and other clues. The review is a little brief as I am heading off for the Cruciverbalists’ Convention (aka drinking) at the Bridge House.
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have another excellent puzzle by Alchemi.
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Welcome back to Heiroglyph with a different kind of crossword. I have to admit that alphabetical jigsaws are not my cup of tea but I did enjoy this one. The clues were all relatively gentle and fitting them into the grid was not at all difficult.
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have our second Alphabetical Jigsaw – this one is set by Hieroglyph. Instructions are available when you select the puzzle.
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A welcome back to Gazza with an enjoyable crossword with lots to amuse and entertain. It was maybe not a cheeky as some of his earlier ones and had more than its fair share of abbreviations and remove the final letter of a word clues. However, this did not detract from the fun of solving it and there were lots of penny drop moments. My favourite clues are highlighted in blue.
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
We launch into our second 100 with another excellent puzzle from Gazza.
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Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Prolixic prepared this special puzzle to mark the fact that the best alternative Saturday puzzle in the world has reached no 100. He has set more of these puzzles than anyone else and this time had a bit of assistance with the clue writing from Gazza and Radler who, along with Anax, Bufo and Hieroglyph, feature in the top six of the NTSPP setters table.
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
For the 100th puzzle, we have a specially themed contribution from Prolixic.
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Boaz returns with an excellent and cheeky little number. Favourite clues are shown below highlighted in blue.
 | Kath on DT 26795 |
 | droolie on Toughie 723 |
 | jaehancock on DT 26795 |
 | andy on DT 26795 |
| andy on Toughie 724 |
 | gnomethang on DT 26795 |
| gnomethang on Toughie 724 |
 | Anax on Toughie 724 |
 | TimCypher on DT 26795 |
 | collywobbles on DT 26795 |
| Kath on Toughie 724 |
 | mary on DT 26795 |
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