Independent 8088 (Prize 15-Sep-2012) Bannsider
Posted by beermagnet on 22nd September 2012
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Archive for September, 2012
Guardian Prize25,742 / Puck
Posted by Eileen on 22nd September 2012
From the Guardian Alan Connor’s ‘Meet the Setter’ interview with Puck:
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Enigmatic Variations No.1035 – Last One To Join by Kruger
Posted by Mister Sting on 22nd September 2012
First of all, let’s have a rant. The editing was shoddy. Again. There was a missing bar in the grid (making 47ac appear to have 7 letters), ‘for’ was written as ‘fo’ in 7dn, while ‘or’ replaced ‘of’ in 30ac. Only the 7ac mistake was innocuous. I’m sure that the puzzles could be proof read by some enthusiastic amateur if there’s no one willing to do the job properly at the newspaper. At the very least, they could be fixed in the online version. But I digress…
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Independent 8093/Phi
Posted by John on 21st September 2012
The usual good crossword from Phi. I am bewildered by 22dn but no doubt it will be explained.
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Guardian Cryptic N° 25,747 by Pasquale
Posted by PeterO on 21st September 2012
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Guardian Cryptic 25746 Crucible
Posted by scchua on 20th September 2012
This took a bit of time to get into, the key being 10. After getting some of the others, I finally got it via 2 and 16across. The pace quickened after that, and it turned out to be quite an enjoyable solve. Thanks to Crucible. (Apologies for the slight delay in posting – I had to interrupt the writing of the blog for a doctor’s appointment.) Read the rest of this entry »
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Financial Times no.14,114 by BRADMAN
Posted by Ringo on 20th September 2012
A nice mix (unless you’re anagramphobic) from the boy from Bowral this morning. I learned a couple of words, sniggered admiringly once or twice, and have a question that perhaps a Whovian could answer for me…
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Independent 8092 / Anax
Posted by Bertandjoyce on 20th September 2012
It’s our turn to blog a Thursday puzzle so we were expecting to have some fun, especially when we saw that it was Anax! It had everything that you may expect from one of his crosswords although there were no long anagrams this time unless you count 16ac.
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Financial Times 14,105 – Dante
Posted by Sil van den Hoek on 20th September 2012
Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 10
Pleasant Dante crossword that didn’t cause me too much trouble (although I had to make my brains work to fully understand 26ac). Smooth as ever, even if there were some link words (on/by) that I personally would have tried to avoid. Even so, many thanks again to Dante!
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Financial Times 14,104 by Mudd
Posted by Pete Maclean on 20th September 2012
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Financial Times 14,113 by Cinephile
Posted by PeeDee on 19th September 2012
A mixed bag from Cinephile today, some really great clues and some that seem a little lazy.
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Guardian 25,745 / Orlando
Posted by Eileen on 19th September 2012
Another wonderfully witty and elegant puzzle from Orlando, with some very ingenious wordplay and several laugh-out-loud moments. I enjoyed every minute of it – many thanks for the fun, Orlando.
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Independent 8,091 / Dac
Posted by RatkojaRiku on 19th September 2012
It is Wednesday, and since it is not the last one of the month, it must be Dac.
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