FT 12,924, Set by Aardvark, November 13, 2008
I found some of this puzzle quite tricky, and could not discern anything in the way of a theme. Sharper minds may discover one. The bottom right corner held me up longest, with 17d … Read more >>
Day: 13 November 2008
Guardian 24,545 – Paul
A fairly topical theme, with the Turner Prize nominees being exhibited at the moment. Like a lot of people I find this sort of puzzle, with a large set of related answers, fairly … Read more >>
Independent 6889/Scorpion
Across 1 (TIE FOR)*,PA’S,SAGE – RITE OF PASSAGE. 8 MAC’S (reversed) 9 SOMERSAULT – sounds like “summer salt”, which are both types of “season”. Not sure about “pouring out” as the homophone indicator … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 978 by Quixote (9 Nov 2008)
Not too difficult. Solving time, 16 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 U MP IRE 4 OB SERVER Nice seamless join at see/old 9 CHE RUB 10 TORT ILL A … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,915 – Falcon
From Monday Prize Crossword on 3 November 2008 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,914 by Mudd
Mudd stretches a couple of things here to make some good, interesting clues (13A, 20A, 26A, 11D). I finished most of it fairly quickly but the upper right-hand corner took me a while. … Read more >>