Here’s another puzzle in our American-style series, in digital and printable form.
Last year, I mentioned the Saturday Stumpers in the newspaper Newsday:
The clues are initially baffling and ambiguous, but yield in the face of an onslaught of hunches, guesses and what-ifs.
I’m still enjoying them and have made another in the same vein as last year’s:
My own puzzle is intended to take a few attempts over the festive period – and some rubbings-out.
In spirit, it’s the opposite of what I do with an Everyman: it’s slow going, deeply ambiguous and often deliberately unhelpful (in the interests, of course, of eventual enlightenment).
For those new to the style:
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Every square is part of an across as well as a down answer.
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The clues are straight, if at first ambiguous, and crossing letters are much more important than with UK crosswords.
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The entries contain fragments of phrases and abbreviations as well as “dictionary words”.
Your own puzzles are very welcome. The answers to this puzzle can be seen in the digital version or in this pdf. And the previous crosswords are:
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And we’re off!
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Cheers!
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PO …
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Store’s in what?
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Cryptic Currencies
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(miscellaneous)
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Money talks
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Shoot!
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Long shots
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[untitled]
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They’re Not Always Rude
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Why do they suddenly appear?
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Barney and Virginia
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Let Him Go
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What’s Next?
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Let’s Try Again
Warmest season’s greetings to all. We will meet again on 8 January.
