Posted by Ringo on 19th April 2012
Nothing hugely challenging. An overdose of charades and a few too many four-letter words for my taste, but some solid clueing and some marvellously misleading definitions. Thank-you, Jason. Nice way to start a rainy Thursday.
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Posted by Andrew on 19th April 2012
I learned a couple of new (botanical) words from today’s puzzle. Fortunately, the clues were reasonably easy and, as one would expect from Pasquale, admirably sound. The grid is not one of the Guardian’s best, but the three multi-entry down clues help to even things up in the solver’s favour. Grazie, Don Pasquale.
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Posted by duncanshiell on 19th April 2012
Tees has given us a puzzle, mainly populated with well known words, although the main theme did generate one slightly obscure phrase (to me, at least) that was fairly easily deducible from the wordplay.
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Posted by scchua on 19th April 2012
An enjoyable prize crossword, neatly clued. Thanks to Crux. Definitions are underlined in the clues.
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Posted by Pete Maclean on 19th April 2012
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 7, 2012
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