September 7, 2007 at 9:31 pm

FT 12,577/Flimsy

September 7, 2007 at 9:31 pm by smiffy

Some nice touches today but I had to rattle through the puzzle (and this blog) later in the day than usual, so I may not have appreciated all of the nuances fully. Had … Read more >>

Independent 6519/Phi – Land of the Long White Cloud

September 7, 2007 at 9:19 pm by bensand

This made a quick solve for me – possibly because two of my grandparents were from New Zealand and I’m more familiar with the cities than I might otherwise have been. I think … Read more >>

Guardian 24176/Brendan – polyglot

September 7, 2007 at 2:52 pm by ilancaron

Three alphabets used here: English, Greek and Hebrew though I have a quibble about use of the latter. The preamble made this puzzle quite easy I thought – I suspect it would have … Read more >>

Beelzebub 915/Columba (26-08-07)

September 7, 2007 at 2:30 pm by neildubya

This was definitely trickier than the last few Beelzebub puzzles but still very enjoyable. Not sure about the wordplay for 11A though. Across 5 N in UP,LACE – LACE can be a verb … Read more >>

Inquisitor 35 – Three Sixes by Loda

September 8, 2007 at 11:06 pmSeptember 7, 2007 at 1:10 pm by petebiddlecombe

I lied when I said I’d solved this and lost it – I solved most of it and lost it as I discovered in my re-solve. The theme was very easy to spot … Read more >>

Independent 6514/Bannsider (01-09-07)

September 7, 2007 at 11:30 am by neildubya

Very tough but lots of fun. There are a couple of things I’m not sure about here and there and one answer I can get at all (10A) but I thought this was … Read more >>