March 26, 2008 at 9:58 am – Fifteensquared

Independent 6690 by Dac

March 26, 2008 at 9:58 am by nmsindy

Very tough today, and some excellent misdirection by Dac. Solving time, 39 mins. A little rushed today- one not fully understood yet, but verified using ‘Reveal’ that I got it right. * = … Read more >>

Guardian 24,236 Araucaria – Mano A Mano

March 26, 2008 at 10:43 amMarch 26, 2008 at 9:21 am by neildubya

<Insert my usual hero-worshipping gush about how great Araucaria is here> <Insert my usual slight whinge about clues that require obsolete copies of Roget’s Thesaurus here > ACROSS 1 PITTA – It’s usually … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,725 (Cinephile)

March 26, 2008 at 8:46 am by diagacht

Across 1 VERBAL: hidden in oVERBALance 5 PERISHED: PERI + SHED 9 STRAIGHT: double definition 10,29 BREATHTAKING: &Lit 12 HONORARY: NOR (and not) in HOARY 14 WATER BUFFALO: anagram of WAFFLER ABOUT 18 … Read more >>

Not about crosswords (again)

October 30, 2008 at 1:32 pmMarch 26, 2008 at 8:37 am by neildubya

A year ago today I posted a message to this blog saying that my wife had just given birth to our first child. This was him then: And here he is now: Happy … Read more >>