Independent on Sunday by Quixote 912
The usual excellent offering by Quixote. Solving time: 20 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 COUSCOUS Cousin “less in” “repeatedly” “On account of” seems to be a link, which is … Read more >>
Day: 9 August 2007
Guardian 24,151, Gordius: Dulcinea of Patmos
Apologies for late posting. I’ve been off work, but looking after my 11-month old niece who has asthma and chicken-pox, which didn’t seem to leave much time for blogging – now I remember … Read more >>
FT 12,532/Orense – Feeling a little peaky
One for the orologists today, as the eight clues that lack definition (denoted with an asterisk below) are all mountains. I had to take a guess at 24D to finish the grid – … Read more >>
Independent 6494/Nimrod
I managed most of this pretty quickly but there were two answers (10A and 3D) that I filled in because I don’t like leaving blank spaces and these were the only words I … Read more >>
FT 12531 / Gozo – Top Banana
SOLVING TIME: 24 MINUTES Apologies for the late posting. A very clever puzzle from Gozo, reminiscent of Araucaria, with some good clueing, although a couple of queries. There seems to be an ambiguity … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,522 by Cincinnus
Another beauty from Cincinnus. Across 1. ARTIST – anagram of TRAITS with slightly cryptic definition 4. SCOTTIES – SCOT + TIES 9. CIGAR – C.I. + GAR (fish) 10 BANKROLLS – BANK on … Read more >>