Posted by Gaufrid on 4th September 2008
If you have bought, or are about to buy, the 11th Edition please check it carefully. Today I have found that my copy has pages 1168 to 1216 missing and pages 1217 to 1264 duplicated. This might not be an isolated occurence.
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Posted by Ali on 4th September 2008
I solved this online last night and haven’t seen the paper today, so not sure of the setter I’m afraid. There’s an interesting, entertaining mix of clues – some easy, some harder and some I won’t fully understand until somebody explains them below. So, all in all, everything you’d want from a good Thursday crossword! I’ll take a punt and guess it’s Punk.
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Posted by Gaufrid on 4th September 2008
I wasn’t scheduled to blog today and so didn’t make any notes whilst solving. I am therefore relying on my somewhat deficient memory for the following.
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Posted by manehi on 4th September 2008
Easier than usual from Chifonie.
| Across | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8 | ORNAMENT | OR NAME NT (New Testament) |
| 9 | EBONY | E BONY |
| 11 | LIBERATION | LIBATION around ER |
| 12 | ASHRAM | A SH RAM – a Hindu hermitage |
| 14 | LORRAINE | LORE around RAIN |
| 17 | SHRIVER | Is a confessor – banker=RIVER, but how does used=SH? Second Hand, thanks to Geoff |
| 20 | ADAMS ALE | AD A M SALE |
| 22 | RIGGER | [t]RIGGER |
| 23 | TINSELTOWN | (let Winston)* |
| 24 | DEAL | can be a softwood, and also handle in the sense of deal with. |
| 25 | GLEAN | G LEAN |
| 26 | SCARFACE | SCARF ACE. Heh. |
| Down | ||
| 1 | TRAVESTY | TRY=go, around A VEST |
| 3 | BEDLAM | BED LAM |
| 5 | PETRARCH | rev(ART) in PERCH |
| 6 | BOAT RACING | BOA TRACING |
| 7 | TYCOON | (COY)* in the middle, but I don’t get the rest |
| 13 | RINGMASTER | RING M ASTER. Is M the biblical abbreviation for Mark? |
| 18 | ELEGANCE | E LEG (=on, in the cricket sense) AN CE |
| 19 | REMORSE | RE=touching in the sense of concerning, I think, MORSE the inventor |
| 21 | DOINGS | DO (sign)* |
| 22 | RUNWAY | RUN[a]WAY |
| 24 | DAFT | D AFT |
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Posted by nmsindy on 4th September 2008
Solving time, 17 mins
* = anagram
ACROSS
6 ENGLISH DISEASE (See his dealings)*
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Posted by Pete Maclean on 4th September 2008
A typically clever and enjoyable puzzle from Mudd. I particularly like 13A, 20A and 10D.
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Posted by Uncle Yap on 4th September 2008
From FT Monday Prize Crossword on 25 August 2008
dd = double definition
cd = cryptic definition
rev = reversed or reversal
ins = insertion
cha = charade
ha = hidden answer
*(fodder) = anagram
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