FT 12,883/Sleuth
Across 1 WIN,NIP,E.G. – “nip”=arrest is new to me. I guess it’s a tamer version of “nab” 6 GORGON – (no grog)< 9 C[-h]AMBER 10 LOO(S)E,NED 12 SCEPTICISM – (MEP’s critics)* – r … Read more >>
Day: 26 September 2008
Guardian 24,504 – Quantum
Later than normal, due to me spending an hour or so on the Genius before realising I’d clicked on the wrong puzzle! dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition * = anagram … Read more >>
Independent 6848/Phi
The usual excellence from Phi. I suspect there’s a Nina that I can’t see, since 8dn is only mentioned in two clues, and if that’s all there is then it seems a bit … Read more >>
Independent 6843/Nimrod – Separation anxiety
Entertaining and very-tough-in-places puzzle from Nimrod. There’s a nicely-worked theme and Nina too. In the middle of the grid is SEPARATES and SORTS and elsewhere we have THE MEN and THE BOYS. Also, … Read more >>
Inquisitor 90 – Trick by Schadenfreude
We were presented with three sets of clues – 16 Thematic, 17 Across and 14 Down. There was no indication where the answer or , more correctly, the amended answer to each unnumbered … Read more >>