Posted by Octofem on 8th August 2008
Rather a rush today with mouths to feed etc., and I made things difficult for myself
by expecting clues to be more complicated than they were!
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Posted by neildubya on 8th August 2008
I found this mostly quite easy but the bottom left-hand corner gave me no end of difficulties. Eventually I filled in 20, 15 and 16 without really knowing why, along with 21. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by mhl on 8th August 2008
A fun golf-themed crossword from Paul (one of my favourite Guardian setters) with a few of his rather suggestive clues as usual. 
There’s lots to enjoy in this puzzle, but I particularly liked 18a, 16d and 19d.
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Posted by Octofem on 8th August 2008
Sorry everybody from Octofem. My blog will be late today – unexpected visitors!!
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Posted by neildubya on 8th August 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | NS in (PETRA)*,T – “Troy” is a reference to the system of weights rather than the city, which is why it can be abbreviated to T. |
| 5 | BOATER – sounds like “Botha”. |
| 9 | I in (AN ACTOR)* – RAINCOAT. |
| 10 | ER in LOTS (all reversed) |
| 13 | PODCASTING – I was surprised to find this in the COED; I guess it’s been around longer than I thought. |
| 18 | (HAS)*,KO – SHAKO was new to me but easily gettable from the wordplay. |
| 20 | H(EIGHT)ENS – I hope I wasn’t the only one wondering how the answer at 8d would be connected to this clue |
| 22 | T,R in (AIR FRAME)* – TERRA FIRMA. A well-worked clue I thought. |
| 27 | W,EIGHT – a reference to the postcode in that part of London: W8. |
| 28 | INCH,A in (TOE)* – INCHOATE. “Part of foot” does a nice job of misleading here, especially as “toe” appears a couple of words on in the clue. |
| 30 | VEN(O,MO)US |
| Down | |
| 1 | (THE LOW HITTER WON)* – THROW IN THE TOWEL. Nice clue, with a boxing-related surface reading and answer. |
| 4 | PE(A SOU)P |
| 6 | O?T?S – couldn’t get this one: “Popish plotter? Sounds like it”. |
| 7 | T(E[R]MIN,ATE) |
| 11 | S(CU)T – this was also new to me but, again, easy enough to guess. |
| 16 | (VERGING ON)* – GOVERNING. |
| 18 | initial letters in “Sex Outlets Have Obscure” |
| 21 | MEN in (SEMI)* |
| 26 | (SOHO)* – SHOO |
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Posted by duncanshiell on 8th August 2008
The preamble for this puzzle was fairly short, comprising only two sentences.
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