Independent 7708 by Quaiteaux
Posted by flashling on 30th June 2011
I had the pleasure of meeting Quaiteaux at the last London S&B. Found this pretty difficult in places and some bits still evade me.
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Archive for June, 2011
Financial Times No. 13,733 by SLEUTH
Posted by Ringo on 30th June 2011
Rattled through this without too much difficulty. Was brought up short once or twice by some pretty baroque clueing, but, on the whole, nothing too 29ac.
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Guardian 25,362 / Chifonie
Posted by mhl on 30th June 2011
An easy but enjoyable puzzle from Chifonie – and for once I have a time-zone difference that makes it easy to get the post done in time :)
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Financial Times 13,723 by Cinephile
Posted by Pete Maclean on 30th June 2011
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 18
I found this puzzle to be tough. In particular, 4A, 14D and 18D all stumped me for a while. I still do not completely understand 14D (ILLUSTRATOR) but trust I have the right answer. The only clue I greatly like is 19D (HYSTERIA) while I have doubts about 2D and 18D.
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Independent 7,707 / Crosophile
Posted by RatkojaRiku on 29th June 2011
Tackling a puzzle by a compiler/pseudonym that is new to one is always an exciting and somewhat daunting prospect, and especially daunting on a day when one has been scheduled to produce a blog: will this be the day when I will have to throw in the towel and send in only a partial blog, one wonders?
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Guardian 25,361 / Brendan
Posted by Eileen on 29th June 2011
I was thinking it was a while since we had a Brendan puzzle, so I was very pleased to see his name on this one. Unusually, his last offering told us, ‘There is no theme in this crossword’ but I don’t think I am giving too much away at this point if I say that there are several ‘themes’ in this one!
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Inquisitor 1182 – Guru by Nimrod
Posted by Hihoba on 29th June 2011
It was relatively easy to identify the Guru of the title, less so to complete this multi-threaded puzzle.
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Independent 7,706/Eimi
Posted by Ali on 28th June 2011
It’s been quite a while since I blogged an Eimi puzzle, so this was a welcome appearance from the Ed.
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Financial Times 13731 Courtier
Posted by scchua on 28th June 2011
Since this setter was new to me, I searched and found that he/she makes just a single appearance in the FT every 2nd half of June, since 2008. This coincides with another annual event, which event explains the pseudonym itself. I imagine this is one of the regular setters, dusting off this particular pseudonym once a year, round about this time. Edit.note: L’Envoi: I (and readers as well, I’m sure) am honoured that Courtier has revealed his identity below (thanks niloci for facilitating) - he’s this veteran gentleman here.
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Guardian 25,360 – Paul, the Master
Posted by Uncle Yap on 28th June 2011
It has been a laugh a minute this morning when I unravelled Paul’s latest offering. In many cases, I first hazarded a likely answer and then worked backwards to justify the word-play and what a good time I had. Paul, you are hereby elevated to being another Master in my book.
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Sloggers and Betters in Cheltenham
Posted by jetdoc on 27th June 2011
On behalf of Eric Westbrook:
A 3D Bloggers and Setters in Cheltenham — August 6th
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Guardian Quiptic 606 / Pan
Posted by Big Dave on 27th June 2011
Another excellent Quiptic from Pan. Unfortunately at the time I solved it the answer to 22 down had the middle two letters reversed which then gave an incorrect spelling for 25 across.
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Guardian 25,359 – Rufus
Posted by Andrew on 27th June 2011
The usual straightforward stuff from Rufus today, with lots of double definitions. Only two cryptic definitions, one of which I find rather unsatisfactory.
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Independent 7705 by Quixote
Posted by NealH on 27th June 2011
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism
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