If you want fast solving times you need to start young…
My three-month old son Dylan helping me with last Saturday’s Indie crossword.
Day: 2 July 2007
Independent 6461/Hypnos
Across 6 BORIS – SIR + OB =< 7 RETICENT – CITE <= in RENT 10 HOGWEED – ((L)OW HEDGE)* 13 DOWAGER – “DO WAGER” 14 STAGE FRIGHT – Cryptic definition 20 CARAMEL … Read more >>
Guardian 24118/Arachne
Solving time approx. 15 mins. I think this is the second time I’ve blogged an Arachne puzzle on a Monday. As in the last one, the surface readings are all good, and most … Read more >>
Private Eye/Cyclops 342
The Eye Crossword normally takes every opportunity to be rude, funny, and disrespectful to authority, just like the magazine. Often there are references to in-jokes, magazine nicknames, fictitious Eye columnists etc. that mean … Read more >>
Starting Today – the Cyclops crossword in Private Eye.
From today we will be blogging the Cyclops puzzles that appear in Private Eye magazine. This represents a shift from our current policy of covering puzzles that appear in national newspapers but it’s … Read more >>