Guardian 24318/Rover – Flat Friday
I ended up feeling slightly deflated by this puzzle. There were a couple of clues which I really liked, and several that I thought were a bit pedestrian. Maybe it was me that … Read more >>
Day: 22 February 2008
Financial Times 12,698 (Bradman)
Across 1 CONSCRIPTS: CON (study) + SCRIPTS 7 SEAN: SEdAN being heartless 10 DOLLS HOUSE: anagram of HULL DOES SO 11 CARPAL: CARP + ALl (almost all) 12 TWITCHER: WITCH in TER 13 … Read more >>
Independent 6662/Phi
Nothing very controversial I think – the usual excellent crossword from Phi. Across 1 (a)UNTY PIC AL(l) 6 ONC(U [=for all to see])E 9 EV(OK)E 10 ARM STRONG. I think this is it: … Read more >>
Independent 6657/Monk – Bullet-proof!
A puzzle of two halves for me; the Downs were all pretty easy but the Acrosses less so. All good fun though. No Nina or theme that I can see but I might … Read more >>
Inquisitor 59 – Commemoration by Hypnos
Solving time: no recorded – let’s call it 90 minutes With lots of articles in the papers, it didn’t take much effort to guess a possible theme here – the spare letters message … Read more >>