Comments on: New Daily Telegraph solving blog

By: Simon Harris

Simon Harris — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:39:24 +0000

Mick – I guess it’s simply that there’s a reason why they call him “Big” Dave…

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:51:27 +0000

As clued in the FT by Monk.

By: Mick h

Mick h — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:17:03 +0000

I knew you were just feigning ignorance, Rishi!
As the old joke goes:
Q. What’s pink and hard in the morning?
A. The Financial Times crossword.

By: C.G. Rishikesh

C.G. Rishikesh — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:50:59 +0000

Decades ago Debonair, a girlie magazine in India, used to have a sexy crossword every month. If I remember right, it was set by a husband and wife team.

By: eimi

eimi — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:14:26 +0000

I’m surprised that the Private Eye crossword didn’t get there first

By: neildubya

neildubya — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:58:15 +0000

I’ll leave Mick to respond to that…

By: C.G. Rishikesh

C.G. Rishikesh — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:55:17 +0000

From what I see, they review Toughies. I don’t know what a Stiffy is!

By: Mick h

Mick h — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:52:16 +0000

Hmm, that site’s been blocked by my employer’s ‘websense policy’. Before I invent some spurious excuse as to why I need access to it, is there something dodgy I should know about? They don’t review the Stiffy as well as the Toughie do they?