Posted by John on 11th October 2011
It seems to be ages since Eimi appeared, certainly ages since I blogged one of his crosswords. Everything was fairly easy today and it wasn’t the agonising Tuesday experience that I’d been fearing. There were some lovely anagrams and when I solved 15ac I suspected a cricket theme, since I know that although football is one of Eimi’s great loves, cricket also features a bit (as witness that excellent crossword a couple of years ago where Flintoff and Anderson featured), but apparently no; in fact I can’t see a theme at all.
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Posted by scchua on 11th October 2011
Neo’s puzzles can sometimes be quite fiendish, and the first runthrough of the across clues yielded nothing. Panic was about to set in, unitl I got a foothold after a couple of down clues in the SW corner. An enjoyable puzzle with a financial flavour, as befits the FT, with some clever surfaces and misdirections. Thanks Neo. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Hidden connections in 2 of the picture sets.
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Posted by Uncle Yap on 11th October 2011
A pleasant stroll through the park … so pleasant that I missed the theme device which is a very clever and creative ruse. Very enjoyable puzzle.
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