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Independent 8295 / Anax

Posted by duncanshiell on May 16th, 2013

duncanshiell.

This was the kind of puzzle I really enjoy.  

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Financial Times 14,305 – Armonie

Posted by Sil van den Hoek on May 16th, 2013

Sil van den Hoek.

Monday Prize Crossword/May 6

Armonie may not be the hardest of setters, his clues however are consistently concise and elegant. Nice and gentle crossword.

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Financial Times 14,304 by Mudd

Posted by Pete Maclean on May 16th, 2013

Pete Maclean.

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 4, 2013

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Display Problems

Posted by Admin on May 15th, 2013

Admin.

A week ago I installed a WordPress plug-in to cache the site’s content. This was because the large number of unwanted bots that regularly crawl the site were causing problems by generating excessive demands on server resources.

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Independent 8294/Dac

Posted by John on May 15th, 2013

John.

The usual very nice crossword from Dac, although this one contained some words that I found a bit tricky, and two of the answers, although confirmed online, are not clear to me. Read the rest of this entry »

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Financial Times 14,313 by Aardvark

Posted by PeeDee on May 15th, 2013

PeeDee.

Four crosswords for the price of one.

 

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Guardian Cryptic N° 25,948 by Paul

Posted by PeterO on May 15th, 2013

PeterO.

The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25948.

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Inquisitor 1280: Cut Short by Nudd

Posted by HolyGhost on May 15th, 2013

HolyGhost.

In 21 clues, a word in the definition was cut short, and wrongly corrected with a different ending. The first letters of each original correct string reveal a quotation that points to 10 unclued entries. We have to highlight “the appropriately numbered grid entry”.
 
A novel device to generate the letters in the quotation, which would seem to make matters more difficult …

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Financial Times 14312 Phssthpok

Posted by scchua on May 14th, 2013

scchua.

This was an enjoyable puzzle to solve and to blog.  There is a scientific mini-theme, especially of particle physics (and a bit of biology and chemistry), in the answers and clues, plus a couple of non-scientific/unscientific Biblical references.  Thanks to Phssthpok.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. Please enclose any comments on them in double brackets. Thank you.]]

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Guardian 25.947 / Philistine

Posted by Eileen on May 14th, 2013

Eileen.

I am standing in today for Uncle Yap, who is away. I don’t think I have blogged a Philistine puzzle before but I’m a great fan of his, so I count myself lucky to have drawn this one.

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Independent 8293 / Hob

Posted by Bertandjoyce on May 14th, 2013

Bertandjoyce.

First of all, we want to offer our apologies to Hob. As far as we can see, the Indy has published three puzzles from this new setter and we have now blogged all of them! Not that we are complaining we hasten to add.

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Don Manley’s Crossword Golden Jubilee

Posted by Admin on May 13th, 2013

Admin.

Don (aka Bradman, Pasquale, Quixote, Giovani etc) is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his first newspaper crossword in Oxford on 20 May.  Full details can be found here.

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Enigmatic Variations No.1067 – Top and Tail by Wan

Posted by Mister Sting on May 13th, 2013

Mister Sting.

Firstly, my apologies for having this blog up so late. I have finals starting soon and I misjudged my workload. I’m sorry for making you all wait.

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Guardian Cryptic 25946 Rufus

Posted by scchua on May 13th, 2013

scchua.

A typical Rufus with concise clues of mostly cryptic and double definitions and anagrams.  Thanks Rufus.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. Please enclose any comments on them in double brackets. Thank you.]]

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Guardian Quiptic 704/Hectence

Posted by Pierre on May 13th, 2013

Pierre.

According to her profile, Hectence is a Manchester City supporter, so to cheer her up after Saturday’s events (footie haters can look away now) I will say that I thought that this was a well-set crossword, with some penny-drop moments.  But there were some clues that might stretch the target audience, whoever they are.  And there were also a couple that in my opinion were out of place in a Quiptic. Thank you to her for the puzzle; I am interested to hear what others think.

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