SquareRoutes

On #WorldPuppetryDay you’re invited (no strings attached) to try #SquareRoutes, the puzzle that goes hand in glove with #TheTimes on Saturday. It should be a zippy solve so you've no excuse for muffin’ it & no need to punch the wall as you sweep to victory and go topov the class!

@edjsun The online version of Square Routes has been incorrectly grading all puzzles as Easy, a glitch that we hope has now been remedied.

@SquareRoutes That's weird you say 'Medium'. My Times OnLine identifies 0365 as Easy. I thought the only letter that could go on one spot was the G of Green so a rapid way in.

The times they may be a-changin’ this weekend but one thing in #TheTimes remains constant: #SquareRoutes is guaranteed to put a spring in your step every weekend. By changing one letter at a time to form words in #Chambers Dictionary, can you turn WINTER to SPRING in 9 steps? 🌡️

Try a plum - a pithy hodiernal Sq Routes poser The Times recently published. Setters encourage you to get involved here today by saying this: see our engaging not so lengthy challenge. Enjoy! #SquareRoutes #TheTimes #PiDay

Ahoy-hoy! Ring the bells to mark a major 150th anniversary today by putting life on hold for a few minutes, picking up #TheTimes and getting fully engaged in #SquareRoutes, our weekly mind-blower and head-scrambler that’s guaranteed to push your buttons and give you a buzz. 📞☎️

@khurshidahmed4 @PuzzleADayBlog For a short crossword clue that contains both a definition and wordplay, this one is hard to beat: Bug? (7) Answer: BEDEVIL (bed evil, & lit.).

@PuzzleADayBlog ADOLESCENT

Puzzle: Can You Solve The World’s Shortest Cryptic Crossword Clue? #puzzle #puzzles #puzzleaday

@edjsun This puzzle is graded Medium, which normally means a 5- to 15-minute solving time. We think the logic required to get started justifies the grading, but well done if you found it easy. It may interest you to know that our toughest puzzle ever is scheduled for May!

@SquareRoutes It seems a long, long time since we have had anything but an EASY. I am not after a Difficult, but a Medium from time to time would be welcome.

Time for another #SquareRoutes #puzzle in #TheTimes - the jewel in the CROWN of the Mindgames pages, and a favourite from DOVER to LARKHALL to SWANAGE. Solving shouldn't be a WRENCH, though do watch out for traps set for the GULLIBLE! Have a good weekend, everyone!

Stuck in your SHACK with a HANGOVER, feeling in the WARS and in need of RESURRECTION? Get on SONG with #SquareRoutes in #TheTimes which TODAY offers UNLIMITED fun & STIMULATION GUARANTEED to heal your HURTS & get you back on life’s ROLLERCOASTER. Happy #ValentinesDay everyone!👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨

214 years ago! Sorry everyone!

The subject of today's #SquareRoutes puzzle in #TheTimes was born 114 years ago today.📚 Changing one letter at a time and always making real words, can you change BLEAK to HOUSE? Let us know if you can do it in fewer than 8 steps! Have a good weekend, everyone!

@PuzzleADayBlog Perhaps @anguswalkertalk could suggest a few alternatives?

Puzzle: The Unique Alphabet Chart #puzzle #puzzles #puzzleaday

Wake up to #SquareRoutes in #TheTimes, today marking a 10th anniversary. From our points of view it’s so easy an eejit could solve it but if, like children in need of guidance, your mind goes blank or you make some awful bloomers then why not just stop it and tidy up instead?📺📻

Bored and can't be bothered getting out of bed? Buckle up and be ready to be bewildered, bamboozled and beguiled by today's #SquareRoutes puzzle in #TheTimes, the best of the bunch with the biggest bang for your buck and the be all and end all of brain bafflement. Happy solving!

On the 100th anniversary of #MoiraShearer today’s #SquareRoutes in #TheTimes should be a cakewalk solvable at a galop, but if you get in a twist and find yourself in limbo just think for a minuet, take one-step at a time and you’ll beguine to get in the swing. Keeeep solving!💃🕺

Here's a special #SquareRoutes puzzle for fans of #DavidBowie to mark the anniversary of his passing. Can it really have been 10 years? (My brain hurts a lot.) 🧑‍🎤 If you enjoy the puzzle then you can find us every Saturday in #TheTimes.

@edjsun No, it's a Twitter-only puzzle I'm afraid.

@SquareRoutes Morning, is 'Bowie' on-line in The Times? Obviously far more challenging if has to be done with pen & paper.

A special bonus #SquareRoutes puzzle to mark the 10th anniversary of a passing star. dropbox.com/scl/fi/oo315d9…

Pull up a SEAT and discard any RAG that you’re reading - it’s TIME to get SIGHT OF today’s #SquareRoutes puzzle in #TheTimes, such a COOL WAY to start the weekend. Do you have the NERVE to FACE up to the challenge? Don’t tear your HAIR OUT over it, though! Happy solving everyone!

Anyone who had a heart for #SquareRoutes would love today's centenary tribute in #TheTimes to the producer of 30 UK no. 1 hits. “I feel fine & I like it” is our hoped-for reaction but if you cry “Help! How do you do it?” then get back to us and we can work it out together. 🎧💯