FINANCIAL TIMES 12757 set by ORENSE
Financial Times 12,757 Set by ORENSE Posted by Octofem on 2nd May 2008 A straight-forward puzzle with a theme of sea creatures running through. My first blog so I am hoping it … Read more >>
Day: 2 May 2008
Independent 6717/Nestor
One of the things that struck me when I was solving this entertaining puzzle is how heavily my solving “technique” (if that’s not too poncey) involves working off of definitions and checking letters, … Read more >>
Independent 6722 – Phi
A fairly gentle end to the week I thought. The grid seemed quite heavy on the black squares, and there are a number of long answers (most notably 7/3/16/11) which fill a fair … Read more >>
Guardian 24378 – Arachne – Ma is a Ms
Found this really tough going at times, and still can’t work out some of the wordplay. Good puzzle overall though, with a few really nice clues. Across 1 IN CAHOOTS – INCA HOOTS … Read more >>
Inquisitor 69 – Progressive Consumption by Schadenfreude
Solvers were told that nine answers represented a song sequence, in clue order, but with a different and much happier ending. The preamble also stated that the first answer, representing the eventual target, … Read more >>