Independent 6,768/Dac
Definitely harder than the average Dac I thought, with some lesser known words here and there. Good clues as ever though. Across 1 SCANDALISE – SCAN,DALIS,E[-xhibition] 7 CAWS – “Cause” – Caws being … Read more >>
Month: June 2008
Financial Times 12,803 – Cinephile
Common abbreviations used dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade * = anagram I really hope we can get the FT … Read more >>
Guardian 24,424 – Audreus
Common abbreviations used dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade * = anagram Lovely puzzle that has some misleading definitions and … Read more >>
Independent 6767/Virgilius
Great puzzle as usual from Virgilius but if there’s something going on here connected with 1/29 then it’s passed me by completely. Across 1/29 (I REPUBLIC SIMPLETON)* – SUBLIMINAL PERCEPTION. Haven’t the faintest … Read more >>
Guardian 24,423 – Gordius
Common abbreviations used dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade * = anagram A delightful puzzle both entertaining and challenging Across … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,795 – Armonie
From FT Monday 16 June 2008 Common abbreviations used dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade * = anagram Across 1 … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,802 / Courtier
Two surprises. The puzzle was uploaded much earlier than usual. The setter appears to be new, for I have not encountered the person before. The setter’s psudonym does not figure in the list somewhere … Read more >>
Independent 6766 by Punk
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed An excellent mix of clues from Punk as usual, with some relatively easy and some quite difficult. I had a couple of goes at completing it – got most of … Read more >>
Guardian 24422 Rufus
A typically pleasant Monday puzzle from Rufus with at least two classy clues (15d and 24a). I still don’t understand why we must always get an easy puzzle on Monday. There’s always the simpler crossword in … Read more >>
Private Eye/Cyclops Crossword 367 – Heroes and Villains
Another crossword where the last answer (correctly) written in is the first clue you look at, i.e. 1A or equivalent. This seems to have been happening to me a lot recently. Is it … Read more >>
Inquisitor 76 — Up, Up and Away by Phi
The clue is in the title, “Up, up and away” …in my beautiful balloon. A song probably known to many of my contemporaries as the music from the Nimble advert. Nimble was a … Read more >>
Guardian 24,415/Brendan: element-ary?
I hadn’t planned to blog this puzzle, but if nobody else wants to, here’s my contribution. The theme involves eight elements from the perodic table, and in each case the clue starts with … Read more >>
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 >>
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 >>