Independent 6,787/Radian
After the recent US Open puzzle, here we have another crossword themed around one of golf’s 4 majors. For the non sporty amongst you, The British 3/4 starts today at 16/8, with the … Read more >>
Month: July 2008
Independent on Sunday 961 by Quixote
Mixture of some very easy clues and some much trickier ones, I thought – solving time, 20 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 JACK AND JILL The well being where … Read more >>
Guardian 24,443 – Brummie
Common abbreviations used dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram A most intriguing set … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,812 by Falcon
A sound puzzle by Falcon this week. I particularly like 8D. I am going on holiday and so will not be blogging this puzzle for the next three weeks. Maybe someone else on … Read more >>
Guardian 24,442 / Araucaria – Proboscis Puzzler
Phew! Struggled through this very slowly, including a good five minute stare at 1dn before giving up on it until almost the end. Really enjoyed this. Across 9 LAURIE LEE LAUREL around I, … Read more >>
Independent 6786/Dac
One runs out of superlatives. Every clue here is pithy, elegant and utterly fair, and my slowness in completing some of the clues in the bottom half of the grid is only the … Read more >>
Financial Times no. 12,821 Set by DOGBERRY
ACROSS Much of this puzzle was ‘instant’ but I had some problems with 24a and 26a, and would welcome comments. 1. TEMPLE – (dd – Shirley Temple, adored child star of the Thirties, … Read more >>
Independent 6785/Virgilius
Easy, enjoyable and cleverly constructed puzzle from Virgilius with a theme explained in the three across answers in the middle of the grid, all of which are homophones of Ts. Every answer has … Read more >>
Financial Times 12820 / Dante
I downloaded the crossword and solved most of it quickly. However, I was called away from home and was back only at about 7 p.m. IST. At that time the bottom left corner … Read more >>
Situation Vacant
One of our Guardian bloggers is stepping down from active duty so we have an opening. You don’t need to be a super solver but you will need to be able to blog … Read more >>
Guardian 24441/Rover – placeholder
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Financial Times 12,813 – Dante
From FT Monday 7 July 2008 Common abbreviations used dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) … Read more >>
Independent 6784 by Eimi
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed A Zimbabwe themed puzzle from Eimi, with the definition for Robert Mugabe (“one destroying his country”) only controversial if you’re one of Mugabe’s ruling circle. There was a fair amount … Read more >>
Guardian 24439/Rufus
Is Rufus getting harder? I had some trouble with this – particularly in the top left corner. Lots of CDs and DDs (Cryptic Definitions and Double Defs) and not many anagrams (I can … Read more >>
Azed 1884/AE AE AE
At first I found this fairly easy going – in particular, several rather obvious anagrams (34, 28, 20…) were my way in, so that I swiftly filled in the bottom half. I was … Read more >>