Posted by Gaufrid on 10th September 2009
Apologies for the tardiness of this post. It would seem that Smiffy’s holiday has gone on longer than he originally intended, or something else has prevented him from posting a blog, so here is one I prepared earlier.
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Posted by nmsindy on 10th September 2009
I found this extremely tough, to say the least, setter made tremendous effort to use meanings of words that gave consistent surface readings. Solving time, 73 mins.
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Posted by Andrew on 10th September 2009
I’ve been a bit unkind about Rover in the past, and I was hoping to be proved wrong in this one, but unfortunately there are a few rather weak definitions and a bad case of “double duty” (11ac). On the other hand most of the clues are perfectly fine, so perhaps I’m being unfair – what do others think?
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Posted by nmsindy on 10th September 2009
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Posted by Uncle Yap on 10th September 2009
Monday Prize Crossword on 31 August 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 10th September 2009
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 29
I have been a big fan of Cinephile for many, many years — although all these years amount to only a minority of those for which he has been compiling. Recently I have commented occasionally that he can get a little sloppy. But, as this puzzle proves, he can still come up with a real corker once in a while. I found it fairly challenging and impressive. I especially like 1A, 17A, 30A, 11D and 18D.
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