Month: September 2008

Guardian, 24503/Rover

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This was quite a fast puzzle to do, despite some of the vocabulary or meanings being unfamiliar to me, particularly in the north-east corner. There are couple of clues I wasn’t wild about, … Read more >>

FT No.12882, Set by Viking, 25 September, 2008

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Some interesting clues this morning, and the left bottom corner gave me pause.  27d particularly troublesome. ACROSS 1.     CORNET – (c-or-net) 4.     KEYBOARD – key board – cryptic definition. Board as in board … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,873 – Dante

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From Monday Prize Puzzle on 15 September 2008 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = … Read more >>

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Independent 6846 by Dac

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The usual excellent puzzle by Dac – solving time. 16 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 (Union) JACK S T RAW war< a good surface reading 6 REBUS Double definition, … Read more >>

FINANCIAL TIMES 12,881 by CINEPHILE

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A themed offering from Cinephile today with the instruction that ‘the parts share the stage’. This meant that having determined the first character (in my case Marcellus) the rest were relatively easy to … Read more >>

Guardian 24502/Orlando

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I think I’m fortunate to have been allocated a reasonable puzzle for my first blog – straightforward and fair without being too easy to be interesting. A couple of old crossword favourites, 12ac … Read more >>

Independent 6,845/Virgilius

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A very interesting puzzle indeed. The theme is Ambrose Bierce’s ‘Devil’s Dictionary’, from which 8 clues/answers are word-for-word definitions/entries. It’s perhaps a bit much to expect people to be able to get these … Read more >>

Financial Times 12880 / Neo

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An enjoyable crossword with a couple of clues having intricate elements in wordplay. Since I began blogging here, this is the third Neo puzzle that I solved, the other two being 12719 and … Read more >>

A to Z of Crosswords

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Now that many crossword devotees have bought Jonathan Crowther’s book, Collins have decided to remainder it. It is now available for the knock-down price of £5.99 from the online, high quality, remainder bookshop … Read more >>

Guardian 24,500/Rufus

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I found this harder than the average Rufus, with the SE corner (especially the 24s) causing some delays. Key: dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition * = anagram < = reverse … Read more >>