Guardian 24193/Araucaria
Solving time 20:19 Araucaria’s certainly on form today. A great 28-letter anagram at 1A,8D and a lot of other very clever clues made this a real pleasure to solve. I don’t think there … Read more >>
Day: 27 September 2007
Independent 6536/Punk – All the way home
There’s always lots of fun to be had with a puzzle by Punk (or Paul) and this was no exception. Across 1 POCKET,LL,(AIR)* in BIDS – excellent clue and a toughie to unravel, … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 919 by Quixote
Quite a tricky puzzle with some novel features. More verifying needed than usual. Will concentrate on what I found the trickier or more unusual clues, but happy to explain any other if asked. … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,564 by Mudd
Following two Weekend FT puzzles that I fairly sailed through, Mudd gave me a bit of a challenge with this one. As usual, it was a satisfying challenge. I did however fail to … Read more >>
Guardian 24192/Paul – glittering
(Hope PaulB isn’t reading this since I’m late again). Another fine Paul opus – some surprising and refreshing wordplay (e.g. 7D, 1A) and sly definitions (e.g. 25A). I did this early morning but … Read more >>