Posted by neildubya on 22nd February 2008
I ended up feeling slightly deflated by this puzzle. There were a couple of clues which I really liked, and several that I thought were a bit pedestrian. Maybe it was me that was flat and not the puzzle. Any clarification on 7 down would be welcome.
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Posted by diagacht on 22nd February 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CONSCRIPTS: CON (study) + SCRIPTS |
| 7 | SEAN: SEdAN being heartless |
| 10 | DOLLS HOUSE: anagram of HULL DOES SO |
| 11 | CARPAL: CARP + ALl (almost all) |
| 12 | TWITCHER: WITCH in TER |
| 13 | ARMAGNAC: A RM (jolly) + A G (good) + CAN (reversed) |
| 15 | AIDE: A sIDE with the leader sacked |
| 19 | LOATHING: LO + A THING |
| 22 | COUPLETS: COUP + LETS (sanctions) |
| 23 | LEGION: LEG (on in cricket) + I + ON |
| 28 | TEMPORISES: TEMPO RISES |
| Down | |
| 2 | OPEN-AIR: OP + E (last letter of done) + anagram of RAIN |
| 3 | SCRAP: double definition |
| 4 | REDOLENT: REDO LENT |
| 5 | POLITICAL ASYLUM: anagram of A PLUM LOCALITY IS |
| 7 | SLOWCOACH: WC (John) in anagram of A SCHOOL |
| 14 | A CAPELLA: A CAPP (being Andy Capp) + ELLA |
| 16 | WALLAROO: WALL + A ROOm (a space mostly is room without last letter) |
| 18 | MOOCHER: MOO + CHER |
| 20 | NEONATE: NEON + ATE |
| 21 | JET SET: double defintion |
| 24 | GENII: As in Gen (short for Genesis, the first book of the scriptures) Chapter 1, Verse 1, which is the first verse |
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Posted by John on 22nd February 2008
Nothing very controversial I think – the usual excellent crossword from Phi. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by neildubya on 22nd February 2008
A puzzle of two halves for me; the Downs were all pretty easy but the Acrosses less so. All good fun though. No Nina or theme that I can see but I might be missing something subtle. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by petebiddlecombe on 22nd February 2008
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