Posted by smiffy on 19th June 2007
This turned out to be more of a challenge than I anticpated at first; plain sailing initially, but then got becalmed on the last few clues. At the time of solving, I wasn’t 100% certain about a couple of answers (1a, 22a, 21d), but subsequent searching seems to confirm them. Also, I still haven’t fathomed the wordplay element of 9a/20d, so please feel free to offer enlightenment.
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Posted by loonapick on 19th June 2007
A typical Paul effort with clues ranging from easy to difficult, and a collection of words some will know, and others won’t.
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Posted by neildubya on 19th June 2007
An entertaining puzzle with a not-too-difficult-to-spot theme. Across the middle of the grid is the phrase POLES APART, which separates 6 across answers, all of which are poles of some description: NORTH/SOUTH, POSITIVE/NEGATIVE and MARIE CURIE and JOSEPH CONRAD (who are Poles, rather than poles). Read the rest of this entry »
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