Posted by Gaufrid on 12th November 2009
Apologies for yet another late Thursday blog. I found this something of a Punk 19a (mixed bag), a couple of good &lits (particularly 20d), some decent surfaces (eg 23a & 25a) but also some definitions and parts of wordplay that I thought were a bit of a stretch (as indicated below).
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Posted by Ciaran McNulty on 12th November 2009
I’ve had a run of Araucaria recently, and was hit by a pang of fear when I saw how many clues referred to 11ac today. However, once that clue fell I relaxed as it became apparent the rest would be straightforward herb definitions.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 12th November 2009
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
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Posted by nmsindy on 12th November 2009
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Posted by Uncle Yap on 12th November 2009
Monday Prize Crossword on 2 November 2009
dd = double definition
dud = duplicate 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 12th November 2009
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 31
The copy I downloaded from the FT’s Web site claims this is a Cincinnus puzzle. Did the print version say that too? (Most weeks I secure a paper copy of the Weekend FT but occasionally, as in this case, it eludes me.) This is never a Cincinnus — unless its Cincinnus doing a Cinephile imitation! Really, it has to be a Cinephile, surely!
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