Mike Laws
Posted by Gaufrid on 19th May 2011
I was very sad to read that Mike Laws, crossword editor for the Inquisitor and a setter under several pseudonyms, passed away last night.
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Archive for May 19th, 2011
Independent 7,672/Tees
Posted by Ali on 19th May 2011
Great stuff from the Tees-er. I found this easier than most Thursday Indy offerings, but there was plenty of elegant wordplay and a good selection of the tools of the trade on display. 23D gets my vote for clue of the day.
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Guardian 25,326 / Araucaria
Posted by duncanshiell on 19th May 2011
This was another eclectic offering from Araucaria, with its mix of literary allusions, foreign language, science and geography, all interwoven with the main theme. We were told that the four entries were unoficially shortlisted for thr 4 12 21 down. This was a rather cryptic message, until the discovery of the word entry in four of the clues
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Financial Times no. 13,697, by Falcon
Posted by Ringo on 19th May 2011
A bright and breezy puzzle for a bright and breezy morning. Nothing too fiendish: a bucketload of anagrams, plus one outstanding cryptic definition.
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