Puzzle Data for 1961
| No | Title | Setter | Date | √ | More |
| 1597 | In Other Words | ffancy | 05-Jan | 3+ | X |
| 1598 | 1 Down 2 Across | pH7 | 12-Jan | 3+ | X |
| 1599 | A Thorny Problem | Jeffec | 19-Jan | 3+ | X |
| 1600 | Fair Exchange | Recon | 26-Jan | 3+ | X |
| 1601 | Cook’s Tour — VI | Zander | 02-Feb | 3+ | X |
| 1602 | ‘Build Me a Pyramid’ | Cheops | 09-Feb | 3+ | X |
| 1603 | Alphabetical Inserts — VIII | Sam | 16-Feb | 3+ | X |
| 1604 | Racing Columns | Argus | 23-Feb | 3+ | X |
| 1605 | Equations — II | Trand | 02-Mar | 3+ | X |
| 1606 | Tailpieces | Babs | 09-Mar | 3+ | X |
| 1607 | AnaCyph — II | Chabon | 16-Mar | 3+ | X |
| 1608 | Half and Half | Vectis | 23-Mar | 3+ | X |
| 1609 | Wheels Within — XIII | Trochos | 30-Mar | 3+ | X |
| 1610 | Astiac | Jeffec | 06-Apr | 3+ | X |
| 1611 | Snakes and Ladders — II | Zander | 13-Apr | 3+ | X |
| 1612 | The Torn Page | Cheops | 20-Apr | 3+ | X |
| 1613 | Bandbox — II | Wray | 27-Apr | 3+ | X |
| 1614 | The 17, 13 | Scorpio | 04-May | 3+ | X |
| 1615 | H.C.F.s | ffancy | 11-May | 3+ | X |
| 1616 | Bird’s Eye | Babs | 18-May | 3+ | X |
| 1617 | Wanderer: On the Square | Chabon | 25-May | 3+ | X |
| 1618 | Test-paper | Nut | 01-Jun | 3+ | X |
| 1619 | Bi-Scalar | Pipeg | 08-Jun | 3+ | X |
| 1620 | De Mortuis — II | Wray | 15-Jun | 3+ | X |
| 1621 | The ‘Hill’ | Jeffec | 22-Jun | 3+ | X |
| 1622 | Fives — II | Odysseus | 29-Jun | 3+ | X |
| 1623 | Crescent | Thor | 06-Jul | 3+ | X |
| 1624 | Cyclic Fours — III | Topher | 13-Jul | 3+ | X |
| 1625 | A maze, indeed | Jac | 20-Jul | 3+ | X |
| 1626 | Tailpiece — II | Babs | 27-Jul | 3+ | X |
| 1627 | Theme and Variations — IV | Zander | 03-Aug | 3+ | X |
| 1628 | Embedded Squares — III | Fudge | 10-Aug | 3+ | X |
| 1629 | Swiss Navy | ffancy | 17-Aug | 3+ | X |
| 1630 | Heads and Tails | Pimlico | 24-Aug | 3+ | X |
| 1631 | Part-Songs — II | Eli | 31-Aug | 3+ | X |
| 1632 | Knight at the Proms — II | Wray | 07-Sep | 3+ | X |
| 1633 | For the Subtile Man | Tyke | 14-Sep | 3+ | X |
| 1634 | Habitats | Cheops | 21-Sep | 3+ | X |
| 1635 | Even More Elementary | Sam | 28-Sep | 3+ | X |
| 1636 | Homonymous — III | Topher | 05-Oct | 3+ | X |
| 1637 | Bookworm | Jeffec | 12-Oct | 3+ | X |
| 1638 | Jog-trot | Jac | 19-Oct | 3+ | X |
| 1639 | Polyglottal Tetraptych | Cheops | 26-Oct | 3+ | X |
| 1640 | Three-in-hand | ffancy | 02-Nov | 3+ | X |
| 1641 | Enneads — II | Jackdaw | 09-Nov | 3+ | X |
| 1642 | Five-powered Square | Mathematica | 16-Nov | 3+ | X |
| 1643 | Astronomical | Pipeg | 23-Nov | 3+ | X |
| 1644 | Otiose — II | ffancy | 30-Nov | 3+ | X |
| 1645 | Logogriphs — IV | Topher | 07-Dec | 3+ | X |
| 1646 | 36—19 | Halezfax | 14-Dec | 3+ | X |
| 1647 | Christmas Crackery — II | Zander | 21-Dec | 3+ | X |
| 1648 | Poetaster | Babs | 28-Dec | 3+ | X |
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