Financial Times 12,943 by Bradman
A reasonably gentle end to the working week, with only a couple of relatively obscure words (18a and 11d). OK, 18a isn’t perhaps all that obscure because I knew it from previous crosswords … Read more >>
Day: 5 December 2008
Guardian 24,564 / Brendan
The usual entertainment value from this Brendan puzzle, with its elegant surfaces, clever anagrams and cunningly hidden answers. It included four reiterative phrases neatly placed around the perimeter, plus another one at 13ac, … Read more >>
Independent 6908 by Phi
Everything I associate with a Phi puzzle, bullet-proof clues with excellent surface readings , references to classical music and matters astronomical. As there were 4 15-letter entries around the perimeter, I said I’d … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 839 — Two Words by Piccadilly
A very brief introduction today. This was an excellent puzzle with a tough twist at the end. Oddly my other blog today, IQ100, is also about the puzzle name. Here variations of ENIGMATIC … Read more >>
Independent 6903/Monk (Prize puzzle 29-11-08)
It’s been a while since we last saw Monk in the Indy so this was, for this solver at least, a welcome return. Just one query at 3. Across 1 POST,P ONE – … Read more >>
Inquisitor 100 — I ASK YOU! by Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude usually fills me with a mild dread. He can produce some very tough puzzles in the Listener series and so I was expecting a tougher than usual Inquisitor. The title, at the … Read more >>