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NTSPP – 078 (Review)

NTSPP – 078 (Review)

A crossword by Hieroglyph

Hieroglyph marks his return to the NTSPP with a crossword that will delight those who like anagrams. 14 of the clues involve full or partial anagrams – 21 if you count the separate words in the long anagram at 1a.

The preponderance of anagrams made this a very easy crossword to solve – one of the easiest to date in the NTSPP series. Being able to get the long solution from just the enumeration undoubtedly helped but a little more variety in the clues would have been welcome for this solver.

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Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 078

A Puzzle by Hieroglyph

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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.

This week we have our second puzzle from Hieroglyph.  Solve the long anagram and you’ve done nearly half the puzzle!

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NTSPP – 066 (Review)

Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 066 (Review)

A Puzzle by Hieroglyph

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A very warm welcome to our new setter Hieroglyph with an entertaining and not too difficult debut puzzle with a good range of clues and not many niggles.   More of the same please!  Let us know your comments and leave words of encouragement for the newcomer below.

I am off to a wedding today so am preparing this in advance.  Many thanks to Big Dave for advance sight of the puzzle and congratulations to John and Naomi on their big day.

This crossword contains a mini-theme based around the events of May 5th which may help in filling in some of the answers.

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Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 066

A Puzzle by Hieroglyph

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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.

This week we have a topically-themed puzzle from a brand new setter.  This is the first puzzle from Hieroglyph, who is hoping to attend Sloggers & Betters 8 on the 24th May.

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