Problematics | The colours of mathemagic

There is no reason why our puzzles should be topical. For example, just because this is…

Problematics | The long and the short of growing flowers

This is the week of the Academy Awards, which will be awarded on the very morning…

Problematics | Walk, don’t run

A chestnut of a puzzle that is based on a chestnut among themes — speed and…

Problematics | Five Oscar nominees, five viewers

If you look at old issues of this paper or previous online episodes of Problematics, you…

Problematics | Reluctant recruits go to war

As an occasional setter of cryptic crosswords, I have sometimes composed clues and then forgotten about…

Problematics | Who wins this race?

After a couple of tough puzzles in consecutive weeks, we had a (relatively) easy one last…

Problematics | The fast and the furious

The puzzles in these columns over the last couple of weeks were possibly a little on…

Problematics | Lewis Carroll transported to Haryana

The 192nd birth anniversary of one of the world’s pioneering puzzlers passed during the weekend. Born…

Problematics | How to arrange your bookshelf

The photograph accompanying the first puzzle is of my own bookshelf, clicked years ago. The point…

Problematics | Highs and lows in T20 cricket

I have always found the IPL less interesting for cricket than for the permutations and combinations…