Guardian 24,521 – Brendan
An interesting theme today, 23A is quite correct! It took me longer than I expected, mainly because the theme psyched me out a bit! * = anagram “” = homophone dd = double … Read more >>
Day: 16 October 2008
FT 12,900 Set by Flimsy, October 16 2008
This was one of my least satisfactory days – most of the clues were straight forward and easy, but several defeated me. I am sure they are obvious to most people. Au secours!!!! … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 974 by Quixote (12 Oct 2008)
Solving time, 18 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 M UMBO J UMBO 8 B (R) ITTEN 9 EX PERT 11 TOOTHACHE Cryptic definition 12 RI OJ A (A Jo … Read more >>
Independent 6865/Nimrod – The Joy of …
Nimrod. Brilliant. With an interesting grid that I don’t remember seeing much before which helps the solver by providing a goodly number of first letters. This solve went very well kicking off with … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,890 by Cinephile
The Weekend Prize Crossword from 4th October 2008 Cinephile seriously stumped me with 15D here. (No doubt someone will enlighten me.) I nominate 27A for the best clue Across 1. FLAT-PACK – FLAT … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,891 – Falcon
From Monday Prize Crossword on 6th October 2008 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = … Read more >>