Mon December 17, 2007 at 5:41 pm

Guardian 24262/Rufus – and more cryptic defs…

Mon December 17, 2007 at 11:21 pmMon December 17, 2007 at 5:41 pm by ilancaron

A surfeit of cryptic definitions today which isn’t of course out of character for Rufus. It’s tempered by several well crafted clues though so a smile or two were produced. Across 9 TALL … Read more >>

Independent 6605 (Morph) – Some Excellent Cryptic Definitions

Mon December 17, 2007 at 2:35 pm by NealH

This was a satisfying mix of relatively easy and difficult clues. Of particular note were 5 down, 13 across and 25 across, all of which had clever cryptic definitions. Across 1 Uzbekistan: (bet … Read more >>

Cryptic crosswords article

Mon December 17, 2007 at 12:18 pm by neildubya

There’s an article on cryptic crosswords and the competition they face from <affects disdainful look> Sudoku in the Independent today: http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article3255986.ece It’s a bit depressing really.

Private Eye/Cyclops 354 – Held up by a no. 10 screw

Mon December 17, 2007 at 5:32 am by beermagnet

Because I have some trouble using the “less than” sign to indicate reversals in these blogs I noticed that unusually there were no reversals in this crossword. No totally straight Cryptic Defs either. … Read more >>