Thursday, 24 December 2015

I enjoyed this book. I hope you enjoy the puzzle!




I am in doubt that anyone actually does these puzzles, so unless I get some sort of feedback I may lie low for a while!

Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Well, embarrassingly I can't find my original, so here are some bits:
A) Blaise Pascal
B) ewe
D) Nephew wept
F) Thirteen at dinner
G) Troilus and Cressida
J) Let's Twist Again.

Surely you don't need more!

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Another crostic, this time not cryptic.




It should not be too hard, once again.
Solution for the last cryptic puzzle!

A) Batman and the Outsiders.
B) Registered.
C) Offer.
D) out
E) Keep
F) Shaun of the Dead
G) Planet of Twilight.
H) Ere
I) Creed.
J) Kept.
K) While the City Sleeps.
L) IE
M) That struts and frets his hour.
N) He
O) Fret
P) Of
Q) Let.
R) Darkness and the Light.
S) E
T) Depp
U) Respect
V) Ate
W) Mercer

First letters: Brooks Peck, With folded ram.

Monday, 7 December 2015

This is fairly soon after the last posting, but I might leave it up a lot longer. Apart from being cryptic, it took me a lot longer to get right.



It may be a bit more challenging, but maybe not.

The solution to the last puzzle.

A) resurrection
B) off
C) before
D) Eye of the Storm
E) Rd
F) The Las Vegas Story
G) Scrutinize
H) Toff
I) all
J) Low
K) LC
L) Man with the Stolen Heart
M) AC
N) ND
O) Todd
P) He knew he was right
Q) EC
R) Chinese Orange Mystery
S) A hoof
T) Pond
U) top
V) if
W) voodoo
X) EFC



The first letters read: Robert Stallman, The Captive.

Sorry, a lot of acronyms in that one! I'll do better!

Saturday, 5 December 2015

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

The solution to thte last puzzle:

A) dodecahedron
B) Another day in Paradise
C) Vibrate
D) icy deep
E) Due
F) Mistress of the Empire
G) A Hopi
H) Catcher in the Rye
I) Katydid
J) Left hand of Darkness
K) Optic
L) Stubborn
M) Two Gentlemen of Verona
N) Sit
O) Ohio
P) Up
Q) Lithe
R) Shut

The first words make: David Mack, Lost Souls

The text is: There were a thousand potential distractions on the bridge of the Enterprise but every time Captain Picard looked up from the padd in his hands his eyes found the blackened cavity of his ready room.