Guardian 24.420/Auster: Down under
Auster is Australian by origin, which may explain some Antipodean references in her puzzle today. Unusually, there is only one full anagram, and only a few partial ones. I’ve left out one or … Read more >>
Day: 20 June 2008
Independent 6764/Phi
Across 1 (MATERIAL SNAG)* – MARGINAL SEAT. 9 ORPHANAGE – I think this is a reference to Wilde’s line from The Importance of Being Earnest: “to lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be … Read more >>
Independent 6759/Phi (14-06-08)
I’ve always had something of a fascination with the 7 for 28 (maybe because I did my degree in English Lit) so this was fairly easy for me as I’d heard of all … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,799 – Flimsy
Common abbreviations used dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade * = anagram An extremely easy puzzle which shouldn’t take much … Read more >>