Puzzle Data for 1953
| No | Title | Setter | Date | √ | More |
| 1183 | Mixed Veg | Ad | 01-Jan | 3+ | X |
| 1184 | Double or Quit — II | Pipeg | 08-Jan | 3+ | X |
| 1185 | Pros and Cons | Duplex | 15-Jan | 3+ | X |
| 1186 | Skeleton Crossnumber | Phydros | 22-Jan | 3+ | X |
| 1187 | Elysian Kennel Club | Babs | 29-Jan | 3+ | X |
| 1188 | Idle Thoughts Again | Vectis | 05-Feb | 3+ | X |
| 1189 | Wheels Within — III | Trochos | 12-Feb | 3+ | X |
| 1190 | Alphabetical Jigsaw — III | Tyke | 19-Feb | 3+ | X |
| 1191 | Cook’s Tour — II | Zander | 26-Feb | 3+ | X |
| 1192 | The Brigand of Split | Rex | 05-Mar | 3+ | X |
| 1193 | Caesarean | VLX | 12-Mar | 3+ | X |
| 1194 | Here and There | Fudge | 19-Mar | 3+ | X |
| 1195 | Pastime | Altair | 26-Mar | 3+ | X |
| 1196 | Just So | Pone | 02-Apr | 3+ | X |
| 1197 | Limited Objectives | Wray | 09-Apr | 3+ | X |
| 1198 | Word Ladder VII | Tracer | 16-Apr | 3+ | X |
| 1199 | Ragman | Selce | 23-Apr | 3+ | X |
| 1200 | Plonk-Plunk | Stephanus | 30-Apr | 3+ | X |
| 1201 | Portmanteaux | Topher | 07-May | 3+ | X |
| 1202 | Singles and Doubles | Turk | 14-May | 3+ | X |
| 1203 | E-Changes | Sam | 21-May | 3+ | X |
| 1204 | Coronation Chaplet | Pipeg | 28-May | 3+ | X |
| 1205 | Snakes and Ladders | Ad | 04-Jun | 3+ | X |
| 1206 | Northern Lights III | Log | 11-Jun | 3+ | X |
| 1207 | Verbal Quiz | Div | 18-Jun | 3+ | X |
| 1208 | Medley | Altair | 25-Jun | 3+ | X |
| 1209 | Perfectly Plain | Fez | 02-Jul | 3+ | X |
| 1210 | Skeletons in the Cupboard | Taffy | 09-Jul | 3+ | X |
| 1211 | Honeycomb VIII | Tracer | 16-Jul | 3+ | X |
| 1212 | Square Routes | Jayphanx | 23-Jul | 3+ | X |
| 1213 | Shakespeare Unbound — III | Trochos | 30-Jul | 3+ | X |
| 1214 | Hexagrammatos | Duplex | 06-Aug | 3+ | X |
| 1215 | Missing Links — II | Zander | 13-Aug | 3+ | X |
| 1216 | Schizologia — IV | Tyke | 20-Aug | 3+ | X |
| 1217 | Lexicotheria | Notlaw | 27-Aug | 3+ | X |
| 1218 | Threesomes | Babs | 03-Sep | 3+ | X |
| 1219 | Magic Square | Tiber | 10-Sep | 3+ | X |
| 1220 | Simple Cypher | Recon | 17-Sep | 3+ | X |
| 1221 | Penny Plain | Altair | 24-Sep | 3+ | X |
| 1222 | Aslant | Pone | 01-Oct | 3+ | X |
| 1223 | Form Fours | Chalba | 08-Oct | 3+ | X |
| 1224 | Word-Squares — VIII | Tracer | 15-Oct | 3+ | X |
| 1225 | Extra-Pythagorean | Croton | 22-Oct | 3+ | X |
| 1226 | Displaced Persons | Peto | 29-Oct | 3+ | X |
| 1227 | Noughts and Crosses | Ad | 05-Nov | 3+ | X |
| 1228 | Replacements | Stephanus | 12-Nov | 3+ | X |
| 1229 | Synograms | Umber | 19-Nov | 3+ | X |
| 1230 | Imp of Mischief — II | Pipeg | 26-Nov | 3+ | X |
| 1231 | Mathematics | Vectis | 03-Dec | 3+ | X |
| 1232 | Alphabetical Inserts — II | Sam | 10-Dec | 3+ | X |
| 1233 | Split Turns | Wray | 17-Dec | 3+ | X |
| 1234 | Christmas Crackers | Joxon | 24-Dec | 3+ | X |
| 1235 | A Fresh Start | Altair | 31-Dec | 3+ | X |
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