Articles about solving puzzles

Unsurprisingly, the League’s members have a lot of experience solving puzzles, and a lot of thoughts about how to approach them. Here are some articles written by Krewe members. Many of these were originally written for the Guide to the Enigma; others have been published elsewhere.

• Guidelines for composing and solving puzzles by Hudu, Brillig, Treesong, and Sibyl. This article was originally written many years ago and has been updated over the years; ; note that the current Enigma editors have provided their own guidelines for submission, which may be more useful to any constructing for the Enigma
• Solving and composing the rebus and rebade, by Treesong. a deeply detailed article with suggestions for both composing rebi (and variants) and solving them
• Solving cryptograms by Ajax. A good starting point for beginning solvers
• Cryptograms: Other solving approaches by Sybil et al. Things to try if Ajax’s suggestions don’t yield results
• Solving cryptic crosswords by Trazom. An overview of the types of wordplay commmonly used in cryptic puzzles