Independent 6741/Nimrod
Ran into a brick wall about halfway through this one and then spotted the Nina (referenced in 9), which got things moving again. Still don’t understand a few things here and there though. … Read more >>
Day: 30 May 2008
Independent 6,746/Phi
I struggled to get going with this, only solving one of the Across clues on my first pass. A few nice, long cryptic definitions eventually got the ball rolling and everything else then … Read more >>
Financial Times no. 12,781 set by SATORI
Not too troublesome today – one or two pleasing clues with a few rather obvious ones. ACROSS 1. TAFFRAIL – <fat-frail (upper part of the stern of a ship) 5. STASIS – dd. … Read more >>
Guardian 24,402 (Gordius)
Across 1 DECIDED: CID in DEED 5 DELIBES: DLIBErateS without rate. Refers to Leo Delibes the French romantic composer 10 NEWCASTLE: anagram of LEWES CANT 11 OFF WITH HIS HEAD: from Lewis Carroll’s … Read more >>
Inquisitor #73 METAMORPHOSIS by Dysart
A nice twist in a crossword with conventional clues (no misprints, extra words etc. to muddy the waters). The puzzle was made more difficult by the fact that I found the clues in … Read more >>