Inquisitor 81 – QUESTION AND ANSWER by Quixote
A fairly light puzzle from Quixote this week, though I don’t mean that in a bad way. I worked through the puzzle very quickly, for me, getting stuck on just one of the … Read more >>
Day: 24 July 2008
Independent 6793 by Morph
This was a very clever themed puzzle, the theme of which became clear to me only at the very end. Solving time, 51 mins * = anagram < = reversed 1 L EADERLESS … Read more >>
Guardian 24,449, Brendan – A Shaw Thing
A great themed puzzle from Brendan for my first blog – based around George Bernard Shaw and My Fair Lady. I really enjoyed doing this but had recourse to wikipedia for some of … Read more >>
FINANCIAL TIMES No. 12,828, Set by Orense
DON’T SLEEP IN THE SUBWAY, BABY. An easier puzzle after Gaufrid’s task yesterday with his Tiffany cats. Rather a lot of anagrams again, but some ingenious ways of signalling them. ACROSS 1. … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 962 by Quixote – 20 Jul 2008
A good deal harder than usual, I thought – solving time, 32 mins. * = anagram < = reversal ACROSS 1 GRIT This was my last entry – a tricky double definition. 4 … Read more >>
FINANCIAL TIMES 12,818 by Cincinnus (12 July)
Not much to comment about in this one. A couple of relatively obscure words but not too difficult to determine from the wordplay. Some enjoyable clues, I particularly liked 3D. Across … Read more >>