Independent 6917/Eimi
Posted by John on 16th December 2008
Much of this I liked, but there were one or two clues that I wasn’t sure about, for one reason or another. Read the rest of this entry »
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Archive for December 16th, 2008
Financial Times 12952 / Satori
Posted by C G Rishikesh on 16th December 2008
I was away in Bangalore for a couple of days but luckily returned home this morning in time for my scheduled blog.
A puzzle that doesn’t come under the ‘easy’ category.
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Guardian 24,573 (Paul)
Posted by diagacht on 16th December 2008
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 9,8 | OSCAR PETERSON: anagram of SOON around CARPETERS (layers) |
| 10 | JAZZ: JA + ZZ (sound of snoring) |
| 11 | COUNT BASIE: COUNT (consider) + I in BASE (essence) |
| 12,17 | BILLIE HOLIDAY: LIB (reversed) + LIE (politician’s promise) + HOLIDAY (recess); Paul is taking a tough line on politicians this morning! |
| 14 | INTEGRAL: anagram of ALTERING |
| 15,21 | CHARLIE PARKER: CHARLIE (wally) + PARKER (kind of coat) |
| 20 | OPEN FIRE: double definition |
| 22 | WIGWAM: WIG (rug) + WA (Washington) + M (man) |
| 23 | ARTIFICIAL: IF in ARTIC (lorry) + I (one) + A (heading for auction, first letter) + L (left, behind indicating at the end) |
| 24,22 | FATS WALLER: S WALL (small screen) in anagram (broadcast) of AFTER |
| 25 | EXIST: EX (old) + IS (one’s) + T (time) |
| 26 | RIESLING: R (right) + IE (that is) + SLING (to chuck) |
| Down | |
| 1 | MEGALITH: (H (hard) + TIL (up to) + A GEM (a stone)) all reversed |
| 2 | BENZ: BEN(d) (short curve) + Z (angled chicane) |
| 3 | PSYCHE: hidden in tiPSY CHEeky |
| 4 | INSULIN: INSUL(t) (slight cut) + IN (hip, as in trendy) |
| 5 | FORTY-TWO: FORT (strong position) + W (wife) in anagram of TOY; this is Douglas Adams’ answer to everything in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy |
| 6 | OCEAN-GOING: anagram of CArGO NONE I (without ‘r’, runs out of) + G (good) |
| 7 | TROIKA: OIK (unpleasant person) in ART reversed (craft) |
| 13 | LARYNGITIS: anagram of STYLING AIR |
| 16 | INITIATE: IN IT I ATE |
| 18 | AWAITING: A WING (a fly) around AIT (an island on the Thames) |
| 19 | DEVILRY: double definition (devilry as in black magic and also as in an expression of impatience) |
| 24 | FELT: double definition |
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