Independent 6853 by Punk
Posted by nmsindy on 2nd October 2008
Pleasing puzzle from this imaginative setter which I found on the easy side, but made one mistake – thank’s for explaining it below, Geoff.
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Archive for October 2nd, 2008
FT, 12,888, set by Jason, October 2, 2008
Posted by Octofem on 2nd October 2008
It’s a fair cop! Theme of ’places of confinement’ today, but a light-hearted puzzle in spite of its subject.
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Independent on Sunday 972 by Quixote (28 Sep 2008)
Posted by nmsindy on 2nd October 2008
Note that in (another) relaunch, the crossword has moved back towards the end of the main paper p. 101 of 104 in my edition. Solving time, 17 mins.
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Guardian 24,509 (Shed)
Posted by diagacht on 2nd October 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | FORGERY: ER in F ORGY |
| 5 | RUSSIFY: reversed and hidden in rockY FISSURe |
| 10 | VICE: double definition |
| 11 | CARCINOGEN: anagram of CIGaR ONE CAN without an ‘a’ (wanting) |
| 12 | GANNET: ANN in GET |
| 13 | GRUESOME: RUES in GO (game) + ME (setter) |
| 14 | GANGPLANK: GAN (NAG back) + GP + LANK (presumably long and thin, lacking substance, body) |
| 16 | POINT: double definition |
| 19 | CUSTOMISE: anagram of MUSCOvITE withe the ‘v’ (five) replaced by ‘S’ (heart of rusSify) |
| 23 | SCHMALTZ: SC (that is) + MALT in HZ |
| 24 | INDEED: D (gorDius heart) in I NEED |
| 26 | CONTINENCE: C + ONCE around (TINE (spike) + N (point)) |
| 27 | CUSP: C (Claurinet’s first) + USP (unique selling point) |
| 28 | ANARCHY: &Lit |
| 29 | SELLING: EL in SLING |
| Down | |
| 2 | OKINAWA: A WAN I KO, all reversed |
| 3,17 | GREEN GRASS: GREEN (snooker ball) GRASS (pot), refers to song written by Claude Putnam |
| 4 | RECITAL: I in RECTAL |
| 6 | UNIQUE: anagram of QUEUINg without ‘g’ (endlessly) |
| 7 | SNOWSTORM: NOW in SS + TO RM |
| 8 | FREEMAN: FR (friar, brother) + anagram of ENEMA |
| 9 | EROGENOUS ZONE: anagram of O (old) GREEN (3a) + US in OZONE |
| 15 | GASOMETER: SO (thus) in GAMETE + R |
| 18 | RACCOON: CCOO (202, in a kind of a way) in RAN |
| 20 | TRIREME: R (beginning of reveille) in MERIT (reversed) + E (oriental, east) |
| 21 | STETSON: STET (don’t change) + SON |
| 22 | CLINCH: L (learner) in CINCH |
| 25 | DUCAL: C in DUAL |
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Financial Times 12,878 by Mudd
Posted by Pete Maclean on 2nd October 2008
Mudd gave us a few sterling clues in this puzzle (2D, 18D, 26D), one that I think is weak (19D).
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Financial Times 12,879 – Falcon
Posted by Uncle Yap on 2nd October 2008
From Monday Prize Puzzle on 22 September 2008
dd = double definition
cd = cryptic definition
rev = reversed or reversal
ins = insertion
cha = charade
ha = hidden answer
*(fodder) = anagram
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