Posted by Dave Hennings on 25th February 2012
I’ve come across a couple of Shark puzzles before and have been nicely entertained by them. Here, subsidiary indications led to an extra letter not entered, and they spelt out part of a quotation in recent editions of the ODQ although “barely indexed” in the 4th edition. Luckily I have the 5th, so thanks for that.
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Posted by beermagnet on 25th February 2012
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Posted by bridgesong on 25th February 2012
We don’t often see Puck in the prize slot and I wonder whether this puzzle was intended as a prize puzzle because it seemed to me to be very much on the easy side, with several friendly long anagrams to help solvers get off to a quick start. I didn’t keep a note of my solving time, but it was less than my usual hour (yes, I know many of you will have done it much more quickly). I thought one or two of the clues were rather clever but I do have a few quibbles over some of the wordplay. The only unfamiliar words were MACIES (because it was wrong!) and COPAL, both of which were easy to deduce from the wordplay.
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Posted by RatkojaRiku on 24th February 2012
My apologies for the later than usual posting, caused by other commitments as well as by the trickiness of the puzzle.
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Posted by Eileen on 24th February 2012
A welcome appearance by Shed, to ensure that an eventful week in Crosswordland didn’t end in anti-climax. Shed’s characteristically intricate and inventive cluing provides a puzzle which I found entertaining and amusing.
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Posted by Gaufrid on 23rd February 2012
Work commitments have prevented Ringo from blogging today. I hadn’t intended to solve this puzzle, and certainly hadn’t allowed any time for writing this post, so I have had to limit my input to an analysis of the clues and will leave others to comment on the puzzle itself. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by duncanshiell on 23rd February 2012
Tees regularly produces crosswords that have attractions for beginners, while also catering for the more experienced solvers.
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Posted by Andrew on 23rd February 2012
My second Araucaria to blog in a row, and good entertainment again. I don’t think it’s giving anything away to say that many clues rely on a variety of different meanings and uses of the word “box”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Sil van den Hoek on 23rd February 2012
Monday Prize Crossword/Feb 13
The last two Crux crosswords generated a spectacular total of zero comments. That’s perhaps disappointing for me, but even more for the setter who, in my opinion, is one of the more imaginative compilers within the FT area. In this puzzle once more smooth surfaces, a fine spread of devices (no overdose of cds, dds or anagrams, for example) and occasionally some adventurous cluing (like in 23d).
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Posted by Pete Maclean on 23rd February 2012
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Posted by jetdoc on 22nd February 2012
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Posted by PeeDee on 22nd February 2012
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Posted by Gaufrid on 22nd February 2012
I’m sure you will all join me in wishing Mr Squires a very Happy Birthday. A splendid poetic tribute from Araucaria can be found here on the CCMB.
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Posted by PeterO on 22nd February 2012
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