Guardian 25,272 / Brummie
Posted by duncanshiell on 17th March 2011
This took me some time as I was fixated on a number of wrong answers for some time.
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Archive for March 17th, 2011
Independent 7618/Anax
Posted by John on 17th March 2011
A breathtaking achievement from Anax. The vast majority of the clues have a surface that refers to the same thing, yet there is no strain and they all work quite naturally. This kind of thing must be far more of an effort for the setter than for the solver, because lack of knowledge of the theme will make no difference to whether or not one can solve a clue.
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Financial Times 13,644 / Orense
Posted by smiffy on 17th March 2011
A few nice touches but, to be blunt, I couldn’t find an abundance of things to enthuse over today. I shall be an absentee host today, as I’m travelling for much of the duration, so apologies if any corrections or questions go unheeded until very late in the day.
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Financial Times 13,635 / Dante
Posted by Agentzero on 17th March 2011
FT Prize Puzzle of Monday March 7
A very enjoyable puzzle, with a number of simple but elegant — or should I say simple therefore elegant? – clues. I have in mind, among others, 21 across, 29 across, and 7 down. But Clue of The Day honours goes to 24 down. Read the rest of this entry »
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Financial Times 13,634 by Cincinnus
Posted by Pete Maclean on 17th March 2011
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 5
Cincinnus has some unusual clues for us this week, 1A (TABLOIDS), 7D (GEMMA) and 20D (DORY), plus a typical gem of an anagram in 6D (REPTILIAN), and at least one semi-&lit. in 21D (DOWAGER). Some might see 4D as one too (DUKEDOM).
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