Independent 7,721/Radian
Posted by Ali on 14th July 2011
Well, to paraphrase Mark Twain, some may see this as a good puzzle spoiled, but I thought it was a belter.
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Archive for July 14th, 2011
Financial Times no. 13,745 by HAMILTON
Posted by Ringo on 14th July 2011
Mostly a doddle, this one, in spite of a couple of sly misdirections and too many financial allusions for this solver’s comfort (although I suppose there may be solvers who buy the FT for reasons other than the crossword). I thought that a couple of the constructions were a bit on the inelegant side, and wasn’t too enamoured of the two long anagrams, but all in all a decent way to start a Thursday.
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Guardian 25,374 – Crucible
Posted by Andrew on 14th July 2011
I’ve found some of Crucible’s puzzles rather hard, so I was a bit worried when I saw that I had to blog this one, but it turned out to be quite reasonable, though a good mental workout and satisfying to finish. There were a few clues where the answer was fairly obvious when I had a few checking letters in, but the wordplay took some thinking to identify, especially the cleverly worded 10ac and 26ac. There were some links between clues involving 8 and 26 – diametrical opposites in the grid but otherwise unrelated, I think – though hardly enough to qualify as a “theme”. I’m not convinced by my explanation of 2dn and would be happy to hear alternatives. Hah! Got it – see below.
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