Guardian 24,358/Araucaria – Roma and Firenza
I saw Eileen’s plea in puzzle G24359 comments and agree with her – this puzzle needs a blog – and made some notes. Then Real Life got in the way. Then I saw … Read more >>
Day: 10 April 2008
Financial Times 12,738 (Bradman)
Yesterday Cinephile, today Bradman – it’s been an interesting couple of days. Some rather odd words in here! Across 9 BALALAIKA: BALA (Welsh Lake) + LAIKA (dog breed) 10 SCHWA: SA (salvation army) … Read more >>
Independent 6703/Punk
Across 1 (THE LAW)* in LEAP,ON – LETHAL WEAPON. 9 KIN,IS,G,ZED – I always think KIN whenever I see “family” so I got this fairly quickly. 10 SINUS – the wordplay seems to … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 947 by Quixote (06 Apr 2008)
Solving time 13 mins. A long quote which might have made all the difference as I knew it and entered it first time round. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 6 CHOR … Read more >>
Guardian 24359/Arachne – take a gander at this
A clue or two hinting that the setter is a woman. Which I knew already. I wonder a bit about 16D and I think I’m right about 11D (a first for me recognizing … Read more >>
Azed 1870
Solving time 27 mins without books, then about 20 mins with Chambers to clear up the resulting mess. Doing Azed without books is an interesting challenge but sometimes you invent a word that … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,728 by Cinephile — What the Dickens?
Cinephile frequently does themed puzzles and works his themes in many different ways. Here we have the gentlest of themes: three clues that refer to the Dickens novel “The Old Curiosity Shop”. Across … Read more >>