Guardian 24116/Taupi
Across 1 BESIDE THE POINT – double definition. 9 RI,T in IRAN,T – excellent surface reading. 11 H in (METEOR)* 12 DUN,(GONE)* 15 HOMOPHONE – nothing to do with the answer at 4D, … Read more >>
Day: 29 June 2007
Independent 6459/Phi
I thought I’d got the schedule wrong when I came to post this and saw the top Independent post from Neil for a Phi! Closer examination revealed a different crossword completely so business … Read more >>
FT 12497/Mudd – nourishing
Even though his name is Mudd here – it’s Paul in the Guardian. I definitely solved this more quickly than the typical Paul – so maybe there is something to the theory that … Read more >>
Independent 6454/Hard-Phi – Moving to the Weekend
We had a tough Saturday Phi puzzle a couple of months ago but I think this one was harder. I solved this one in deepest Suffolk, with no access to a decent dictionary … Read more >>
Inquisitor 25 – Conclusion by Zero
Solving time: about 90 mins A fairly standard challenge here: find extra words in four across and four down clues which allow what’s presumably a quotation to be identified, and clashes between across … Read more >>