Posted by loonapick on 13th September 2007
Jigsaw puzzles like this add a new element to solving a barred crossword, because you have to solve a significant percentage of the clues before you can start placing them in the grid.
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Posted by michod on 13th September 2007
The title refers to a French rococo painter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Honor%C3%A9_Fragonard) whose name I eventually guessed once I had all the letters. But I did find this one pretty tough, and I don’t think it was just my hangover. Some good clues though.
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Posted by neildubya on 13th September 2007
Very tough, as we’ve come to expect from Scorpion. I actually managed to fill the grid pretty quickly – about 30 mins – but, as you’ll see from the blog, there was a lot I didn’t understand so a number of answers were filled in as guesses, or from the definition and/or crossing letters. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by nmsindy on 13th September 2007
Solving time: 21 mins. Held up for some time by thinking a very well-known actress had a U in her name though there was none in the anagram fodder (6 across).
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Posted by Pete Maclean on 13th September 2007
This is one of those characteristic Cinephile puzzles with a theme that carries through the longest entries and into a few of the short ones. Spot the theme quickly as I did and you can make very good headway — indeed I finished this puzzle more quickly than any in recent months. The theme may be more readily divined by oldsters like myself who were around in the days of Bill Haley and the Comets.
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