Independent 8292/Quixote
Posted by Pierre on May 13th, 2013
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Cyclops 494: Vicars in uniform
Posted by jetdoc on May 12th, 2013
With the usual apologies to anyone who struggled, I found this Cyclops puzzle remarkably easy. For some reason, the one that took me longest was 15d.
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Beelzebub 1,209
Posted by Simon Harris on May 12th, 2013
The same weekend that Inquisitor is moved into the main paper, Beelzebub benefits from almost double the space we’re used to. The grid is commensurately huge, while the clues remain printed in the tiniest of fonts, giving even my mid-thirties eyes a weekly challenge almost as daunting as the crossword gives my brain.
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Independent on Sunday 1,211 by eXternal
Posted by Simon Harris on May 12th, 2013
I think we welcome another new setter to the IoS this week, though I do recall one or two Inquisitors set by eXternal quite recently.
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AZED No. 2,135 Plain COMPETITION PUZZLE
Posted by The Trafites on May 12th, 2013
Nick: This was perhaps the toughest ‘plain’ puzzle from Azed (other than the ‘specials’) that I have attempted – a definite 10/10 on the hardness scale.
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Everyman No. 3474 (5th May)
Posted by The Trafites on May 12th, 2013
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Independent 8285 by Rorschach (Saturday Prize Puzzle 4 May 2013)
Posted by mc_rapper67 on May 11th, 2013
I think I have solved all the clues correctly, but I can’t quite explain the parsing/wordplay in all cases. And although I could detect an underlying theme-ette, there were a couple of ‘almost-nina’s that, again, I couldn’t quite justify. So maybe you could say I have failed this particular ‘Rorschach test’ – I hope it won’t be a blot on my copybook!
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Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,939 by Tramp
Posted by PeeDee on May 10th, 2013
I used to find Tramp puzzles pretty tricky but I think I must be getting on to his wavelength at last. I have not seen any of the Star Wars movies but fortunately for me it was not necessary to know anything about them to get to the solutions. Thank you Tramp.
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Sloggers and Betters (London) – 23rd May
Posted by Admin on May 10th, 2013
The annual lunch for Times setters is taking place on 23rd May and this will be followed by a Sloggers and Betters get-together in The Town of Ramsgate (62 Wapping High Street E1) from 4pm onwards. All welcome.
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Guardian 25,944 – Gordius
Posted by Andrew on May 10th, 2013
Gordius is appearing at strange intervals these days – he used to be fairly predictably every other week, but then we saw him on a Friday and the following Tuesday, and now today as well as last Tuesday. Regular readers will know I am not his greatest fan: I found this a little harder than some of his recent puzzles, though with no major hold-ups, and with the usual smattering of niggles.
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Independent 8290 / Phi
Posted by duncanshiell on May 10th, 2013
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Independent 8289/Tees
Posted by John on May 9th, 2013
A rather difficult but enjoyable and so far as I can see utterly sound crossword from Tees (except perhaps for 1dn, about which I shall no doubt be corrected). He has achieved a rather odd feat, which I shall mention in a moment; the other feat which he almost achieved (if indeed he was even trying to achieve it) was to have no anagrams in the crossword. This failed and he had to use them in two clues, but only two I think.
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Financial Times no.14,308 by Redshank
Posted by Ringo on May 9th, 2013
I always enjoy Redshank’s puzzles, although my enjoyment in this instance was tempered by the fact that, having dashed through the NW corner, I spent half an hour staring at the rest of the grid in a stupor of dumb incomprehension. I’m still stumped by 19dn.
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Guardian 25,943 – Brummie
Posted by manehi on May 9th, 2013
Fun and challenging, despite the two longer clues falling almost immediately. Favourites were 15a and 3d.
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