Independent on Sunday 945 by Quixote (Easter 23 Mar 2008)
Slowed up by 7 down which was new to me and had to look for help even when I’d all the crossing letters and knew it was an anagram. Solving time, 25 mins. … Read more >>
Day: 27 March 2008
Independent 6691/Nimrod
Across 1 (TURN TAIL HOME VIA)* – ITALIAN VERMOUTH, otherwise known as IT as in “Gin and It”. But how can “orbital” be an anagram indicator? 9 RY in TON – not difficult … Read more >>
Guardian 24347/Logodaedalus
A fairly straightforward puzzle with a small amount of word play en clair. There were a couple of tougher clues in here too. Across 7 TURNOVER TURN OVER …a page … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,726 (Gozo)
Across 1 LAST WORD: &Lit 5 ABIDES: AB (sailor) + IDES (fateful date) 9 BUTTER UP: BUTTERcUP without the ‘c’ (top of carpel) 10 TISSUE: anagram of SUITES 13 DISCARDED: DISC + anagram … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,717 by Cincinnus
Some snazzy clues here but also one that I could not solve (11D)! Across 1. SO CALLED – anagram of ALL CODES 5. SHAPES – S[tylis]H + APES (copies) 9. HESPERUS – HES … Read more >>