Posted by Sil van den Hoek on 15th September 2012
Now that another Guardian crossword week is over (ending with a Puck-to-treasure, surely more about that in a week’s time) I thought: there’s still that last Monday’s gap waiting to be filled. In order to keep a 100% archive, I decided to write a belated blog – a simple one too. Moreover, I am in a Rufus/Dante mood anyway after just finishing the blog of that same day’s Dante puzzle.
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Posted by twencelas on 15th September 2012
My first blog of an Anarche puzzle – should be an interesting challenge.
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Posted by mhl on 15th September 2012
A fun prize puzzle from Araucaria – we found this pretty easy apart from the the bottom right corner, which took another look a few days later to finish it off. There’s a mini-theme based around 9 across (FORGE), but no other special features I could spot.
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Posted by twencelas on 15th September 2012
Back to a long preamble, this week. Four clues with double definitions with one entry different by a thematic entry from the other one. The thematic items can then be described by a phrase 5,4 derived from their collective name. Superfluous letters in other clues to lead to some further statements to modify the final grid – Straight forward – sounds anything but! And an instruction to use a pencil !!! Sacrebleu!
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