Posted by PeeDee on 27th July 2011
A very enjoyable crossword from Aardvark.
No themes, multiple linked clues or other funny business, just straight down the line crossword fun. My favourite clues were 1ac and 28ac. 1 across took me an inexplicably long time to solve, the answer was staring me in the face but for some reason I just couldn’t see it.
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Posted by Eileen on 27th July 2011
My second Araucaria blog in less than a week. I’ve learned a couple of new words, where the cluing fortunately made them gettable, and wrestled with several of Araucaria’s characteristic long clues, which took twice as long as getting the answer – but we’re used to that. There were fewer outrageous liberties than last week, I think, but some might find 1dn a step too far!
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Posted by RatkojaRiku on 27th July 2011
Crosophile had the edge over me this morning, I have to say. Having only blogged one of his puzzles until today, I have not yet fully fathomed how this setter’s mind works. Perhaps end-of-term fatigue is setting in for me on the solving front as well as on the work front.
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Posted by Hihoba on 27th July 2011
After reading how disappointed Chalicea was that HolyGhost found her puzzle easy, I’m a bit hesitant about saying that this was one of my quicker Inquisitor solves. The clues seemed very straightforward, and the theme dropped out of the two letter choices pretty easily. Having said that, I found it an entertaining and nicely constructed puzzle.
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