Financial Times 12,907 by Viking
It doesn’t look as if Smiffy is going to be able to join us today. He must be otherwise occupied, or his pc has crashed, so here is a brief analysis of today’s … Read more >>
Day: 24 October 2008
FT 12,906 Set by Falcon. October 23, 2008
A day late (Blame the uploaders!) Quite a pleasant puzzle but I personally would prefer fewer Proper nouns. Late in the morning – blame me. I typed it all and then managed to … Read more >>
Independent 6872 by Phi
I think this puzzle was my fastest Indy solve of the year so far, a little less than 10 mins. Word after word went in from the definitions and crossing letters – the … Read more >>
Guardian 24,528 – Araucaria
An interesting grid, dominated by four long Down clues. I managed most of it ok but came unstuck on 6D due to mis-marking it as 6,9 instead of 5,10. A lot of the … Read more >>
Independent 6867/Phi (Prize puzzle 18-10-08)
Across One of the easiest Saturday puzzles we’ve had in a long time but no less enjoyable for that. This would be a great puzzle for beginners to try as the cluing is … Read more >>
Inquisitor 94 – E-numbers by Raich
We were told that there were twenty-one special clues, seven with wordplay leading to the answer plus an extra letter, seven with wordplay leading to the answer with one letter missing and seven … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 833 – Off Course by Glow-worm
We are told that eight seven-letter terms radiate outwards from the central square which contains the initial of one whose outlook was 34 and whose name is spelled out in the shaded squares. … Read more >>