FT 12,804/Orense – Twin Shocks
In the interests of timely publication, I’ve kept annotations to a minimum today. Nothing too untoward here, although the repeated use of “shock”=hair seems a touch gratuitous, and a couple of the single … Read more >>
Day: 26 June 2008
Independent 6769/Nimrod
My goodness me. What a mountain to climb. Well, at least I’ve filled everything in, but one or two I don’t quite understand; when they are explained no doubt I’ll be full of … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 958 by Quixote (22 June 2008)
Fairly straightforward puzzle, I thought – solving time, 16 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 5 LIBE (RA) L 7 RO UGH OR< 9 M (INNESOT) AN (tension)* 10 GO (S) … Read more >>
Guardian 24,425 (Shed)
Apologies for a rather brief blog today. Across 1 DEVILS ADVOCATE: DEVIATE around anagram of CALVADOS (without an ‘A’) 9 UKRAINIAN: UK RAIN + IAN 10 PROMO: PRO + MO 13 DIASTOLE: AID … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,794 by Falcon
So, I am getting to know Falcon now. This was a little more difficult than the few of his I have done before. Clue 5A in particular took me a while. Across 1. … Read more >>