Posted by Uncle Yap on 28th May 2009
Monday Prize Crossword on 18 May 2009
dd = double definition
cd = cryptic definition
rev = reversed or reversal
ins = insertion
cha = charade
ha = hidden answer
*(fodder) = anagram
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Posted by Pete Maclean on 28th May 2009
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of 17 May
Cinephile gives us one of his typical themed puzzles, this one touching on the works of George Eliot.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 27th May 2009
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
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Posted by Andrew on 27th May 2009
A great one from Paul with a theme of drinks, mostly but not all alcoholic. Nothing too difficult in retrospect, but some of the double definitions took a while to work out until I had enough crossing letters to guess them. Cheers! Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Gaufrid on 27th May 2009
It is not often that I would describe a Cinephile puzzle as pedestrian but I’m afraid this one did nothing for me, possibly because the surface of some of the clues made little, if any, sense. There was a minor literary theme and one light (24d) was used as part of the answer to two clues which is something I don’t remember seeing before. There is one clue (6d) that I don’t fully understand.
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Posted by Agentzero on 26th May 2009
There were plenty of clues to like in this puzzle. A nice job by Crux. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Ali on 26th May 2009
Thankfully not too tricky for the first day back after a long weekend, but a very enjoyable puzzle with an impressive number of “Q”s
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Posted by Eileen on 26th May 2009
I’m really getting to like Gordius! In the past, I have found him rather lacking in [my sort of] humour but I thought there were some really witty clues here and I enjoyed it a lot. There’s something of a drinking theme going on.
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Posted by NealH on 25th May 2009
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def
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Posted by diagacht on 25th May 2009
It’s Monday and Rufus starts the week off with a fairly straightforward puzzle, although there are one or two tricky lights. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by beermagnet on 25th May 2009
A particularly enjoyable offering in this issue. Not terribly hard, but with some cracking clues with the kind of surface readings we hope to see, for a laugh. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Arthur on 24th May 2009
A bit easier than the past few weeks, including lots of anagrams, but I hope your knowledge of the arts & literature is up to scratch with 2 plays (12ac, 5dn), a film (1dn), a greek goddess (7dn), a writer (1 ac) and an artist (22 dn) all answers, and a reference to another writer in another clue (16dn) as well as mentions of Pinter and Coward as red herrings in other clues.
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Posted by John on 24th May 2009
A regular Azed plain, which means of course that there are some very nice clues, as well as one or two that I’m not quite sure about. I’m away this Whitsun weekend, so won’t be able to comment on anyone’s comments until late Monday at the earliest. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Simon Harris on 23rd May 2009
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
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Posted by rightback on 23rd May 2009
Solving time: 11:50
A fairly gentle offering from Paul, I thought – only 2dn (FUTILITY) and 9ac (BORING) really held me up in this. My favourite clues were probably 2dn (OMIGOD) and 7/20dn (JACK-IN-THE-BOX).
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