Posted by Ali on 8th February 2011
Always a pleasure to land a Math puzzle. The odd-looking grid suggested there’d be some kind of theme, but I didn’t spot anything obvious at first. I also crippled myself in the SE corner by immediately entering REDWOODS at 17D, which then prevented me getting ARIES. Once I’d corrected the error, I spotted the dictionaries theme. I can see Chambers, Oxford and Collins, but may well have missed some others.
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Independent | 30 Comments »
Posted by Agentzero on 8th February 2011
There were a number of extremely good clues in this puzzle, but also a few that seemed imprecise to me. The gems, I thought, were 13, 20 and 26 across. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in FT | 15 Comments »
Posted by Uncle Yap on 8th February 2011
Phew! What an assignment today. Puck employed almost every cryptic device and then some more. The way I solve a puzzle, I must stop and rationalise the workplay before I move on … this one took me nearly an hour. But it was an enjoyable hour and I paused to admire the creative mind of Puck to dream up all manners of delightful mental torture.
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Guardian | 36 Comments »