Guardian 24375/Gordius – ance upon a time
This was hard work – with some answers really belonging in an advanced weekend puzzle — I found myself pulling out Chambers more than zero times, which is too many for a daily. … Read more >>
Day: 29 April 2008
Independent 6719 by Virgilius
Another excellent themed puzzle from Virgilius, the theme becoming apparent to me only quite late on. The middle row is PARTS OF SPEECH and every row, sometimes in one word, sometimes reading across … Read more >>
Independent 6718 by Scorpion
*=anag, []=dropped, <=rev. Very tough puzzle by Scorpion, I thought. There were three I didn’t fully understand. Across 7 Mincer: cryptic definition. 8 Heighten: he + (the gin)* 9 Leo Minor: Odd letters … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,754 / by Jason
After thirty minutes with the puzzle, I didn’t get 21ac and 24ac and 16dn. Any of my readers may please post the answers. Across 1 DESCRIBE – des, crib, E 5 HECTIC – … Read more >>
The blog, yesterday.
Apologies for the problems you all experienced yesterday in trying to reach the blog – it was out of action for pretty much for the whole day. Unfortunately the problem was at the … Read more >>