Financial Times 14,175 by Bradman
Posted by Jed on 30th November 2012
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Archive for November, 2012
Guardian 25,807 – Paul
Posted by Andrew on 30th November 2012
An absolute delight from Paul today. No theme that I can see, nor even any Paulian smut, just a collection of high-quality clues. I found it quite hard, but with a few easier clues to get me started it gradually yielded up its secrets. It would be difficult and invidious to pick out a favourite clue, but 25a and 8d gave me a laugh, and the long anagrams for 16a and 17/14 are excellent. Thanks, Paul.
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Independent 8,153 / Phi
Posted by RatkojaRiku on 30th November 2012
My turn for the Friday slot today, and it was no surprise to find Phi’s latest offering to sink my teeth into.
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Financial Times no.14,174 by Cinephile
Posted by Ringo on 29th November 2012
My brain isn’t working. Even the Guardian Quick – my customary waker-upper, while the coffee brews – was a struggle this morning. Still, I made it through this sound offering from Cinephile with only one or two stumbles. Not a bad puzzle, not an overwhelmingly exciting puzzle, and too many anagrams for an anagramophobe like me, but still, an enjoyable start to the day – so thank-you, [Chile Pine]*.
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Guardian 25,806 / Picaroon
Posted by Eileen on 29th November 2012
I’m a great fan of Picaroon’s puzzles and there was no disappointment here: lots of witty and ingenious cluing, resulting in quite a bit of head-scratching, not least in the parsing department, followed by the usual smiles and ‘ahas’. Many thanks, Picaroon, for a highly entertaining and enjoyable puzzle.
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Independent 8152 / Klingsor
Posted by duncanshiell on 29th November 2012
Klingsor is a fairly regular contributor to the Independent series of daily crosswords. He is known to have a strong interest in Wagner. Today’s reference to Wagner occurred in the clue at 8 down when the opera Rienzi was mentioned.
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Financial Times 14,165 – Armonie
Posted by Sil van den Hoek on 29th November 2012
Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 19
Good to see, once more, another setter than Rufus or Crux on a Monday. Armonie’s puzzles for the FT usually appear on a Tuesday (as do the crosswords by his alter ego Chifonie in the Guardian). Armonie mainly sticks to familiar devices and never crosses the line [meaning, doing something that might be seen as devious]. Meanwhile, the clueing is immaculate (although, this time I had some doubts about 9d (and its successor) – my PinC hadn’t) and full of smooth surfaces. It’s a skill, setting crosswords, isn’t it? The crossword can be found here .
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Financial Times 14,164 by Cincinnus
Posted by Pete Maclean on 29th November 2012
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Independent 8151/Crosophile
Posted by John on 28th November 2012
As always on the last Wednesday of the month it’s Crosophile, who makes a good job of being a Dac equivalent. Roughly the same level of difficulty, and some nice clues. I have my doubts about one or two of them but will almost certainly be shown to have been unnecessarily pedantic.
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Guardian Cryptic N° 25,805 by Araucaria
Posted by PeterO on 28th November 2012
I think this may produce some varied responses, depending on the appetite for Araucaria’s liberties.
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Inquisitor 1256: The Answer is 5 by Eclogue
Posted by HolyGhost on 28th November 2012
Eclogue is a setter new to the Inquisitor, though I gather from Dave Hennings’ Crossword Database that they have featured in Magpie over the last couple of years. (I say “they” because a Google search indicates that Eclogue is a partnership comprising Eclipse & Logogriph.)
All clues have an extra letter to be removed before solving; these letters spell out a question, to be resolved by changing 12 letters to give the submission grid. (The letter in cell 5 completes the question.) Other thematic material is to be found at regular intervals throughout the clues.
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Independent 8150 / Mordred
Posted by Eileen on 27th November 2012
This is only my second [I think] foray into Indy blogging territory – standing in for Bert and Joyce today.
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Financial Times N° 14,172 by Crux
Posted by PeterO on 27th November 2012
If I had not been told otherwise, I might have taken this for a Rufus – or should I say Dante? – and none the worse for that.
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