Inquisitor 32/Loda – A La Natasha
As far as Inquisiotrs go, this was pretty straightforward. A few recent puzzles have been of the “extra word in the clue” type, so I am becoming accustomed to them. In this example, … Read more >>
Day: 16 August 2007
Independent on Sunday 913 by Quixote
Solving time: 19 mins * = anagram ACROSS 1 T(RAJ)AN A Roman Emperor Raj = British rule in India 4 OBSERVER A competing Sunday newspaper 9 COT … Read more >>
Independent 6500 by Nimrod – Tribute to the King
A puzzle timed for the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, who to this blogger remains the King – for his earlier music and films especially. There were 7 lines of … Read more >>
Guardian 24,157, Orlando: I done it wrong
It was mostly quite easy, but with a fiendish top right corner that held me up for ages, and I messed up on two clues early on, which didn’t help. Only finished properly … Read more >>
Azed 1836 – Plain Competition Puzzle
Solving time: 57 minutes A nice friendly monthly puzzle from Azed, with some clever clueing and no need to resort to brain straining themes or devices. I wonder whether indicating hyphenated answers would … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,528 by Cinephile — Fiendishly Easy
Actually for me the difficulty of this puzzle was fairly average, leavened a bit by a typical kind of Cinephile theme, fiends. I have enjoyed puzzles by John Graham (Cinephile/Araucaria) for many years … Read more >>