Guardian 24205/Gordius – evasive setter
Not for the first time a couple of clues for which I don’t understand the wordplay: e.g 26A, 4A, and a few others in which I can imagine what the answer must be. … Read more >>
Day: 11 October 2007
Independent 6548 by Mordred
An excellent puzzle from one the Indy’s occasional setters, with a background in the world of advanced puzzles. A mixture of very easy and very hard clues, I found. Excellently crafted with some … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 921 by Quixote
Fairly straightforward, I found. Solving time: 16 mins. As in recent weeks, will comment on a small number of what seemed the trickier or more interesting clues, but happy to explain any others … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,576 by Cinephile
For the first time since I started blogging I had a clue that I could not solve! See 17 across. There are others that I do not completely understand and a couple that … Read more >>
FT 12,585/Viking
Apologies for the late posting; I ended up putting in a longer than anticipated shift at the salt mines today, so am blogging much later in the day than usual. Nothing too goofy … Read more >>