Posted by ilancaron on 17th December 2007
A surfeit of cryptic definitions today which isn’t of course out of character for Rufus. It’s tempered by several well crafted clues though so a smile or two were produced.
Posted in Guardian | 13 Comments »
Posted by NealH on 17th December 2007
This was a satisfying mix of relatively easy and difficult clues. Of particular note were 5 down, 13 across and 25 across, all of which had clever cryptic definitions. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Independent | 5 Comments »
Posted by neildubya on 17th December 2007
There’s an article on cryptic crosswords and the competition they face from <affects disdainful look> Sudoku in the Independent today:
Posted in Announcements, Independent | 18 Comments »
Posted by beermagnet on 17th December 2007
Because I have some trouble using the “less than” sign to indicate reversals in these blogs I noticed that unusually there were no reversals in this crossword. No totally straight Cryptic Defs either. What is here is a good mix, in particular the last four across lights were all nice solid concise clues.
Posted in Private Eye/Cyclops | 3 Comments »