Posted by petebiddlecombe on 5th June 2008
As nmsindy says in his Quixote report, this Sunday’s edition (8th June) will include a shortened version of Don Manley’s “Chambers Crossword Manual”. For UK solvers who don’t yet have a “how to solve cryptics” book and think it might help, this is a chance to get some very good advice cheaply.
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Posted by nmsindy on 5th June 2008
Unusual for Phi to appear other than on a Friday. Not sure if this means some themed puzzle is planned for this Friday 6 June. This I found very well put together as always from Phi, a little on the easy side, solving time 15 mins.
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Posted by nmsindy on 5th June 2008
With Listener puzzle 4000 due this year (20 September to be exact) we should not forget Quixote has less than a year to make the 1000. If my calculations are correct this is due on 12 April 2009 (Easter Sunday as it happens).
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Posted by Uncle Yap on 5th June 2008
Common abbreviations used
dd = double definition
cd = cryptic definition
rev = reversed or reversal
ins = insertion
cha = charade
* = anagram
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Posted by smiffy on 5th June 2008
Given that I’m posting relatively late in the day, I’ll keep the editorial comments to a minimum – in the interests of expediency. There’s not really anything unduly tricky in here anyway, although I suspect 19D could be a literary allusion?
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Posted by Pete Maclean on 5th June 2008
Mudd kept me busy for a while with this one. 21D strikes me as an interesting case: I believe it works perfectly as a cryptic definition yet the cryptic-ness of it seems rather obvious.
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