Azed 1911 – filling the gap
There seems to have been a bit of confusion on the blog scheduling front, with Azed 1911 not having been covered. In the interests of completeness I’ve taken the liberty of producing this … Read more >>
Day: 29 January 2009
Guardian 24,609 – Gordius
I’ve started to dread seeing Gordius’s name when it’s my turn to blog. As one of the harder Guardian setters I often find his puzzles impenetrable, unlike Araucaria who I tend to regard … Read more >>
Independent 6,954 by Nimrod
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Another Nimrod which I found to be heavy going. Perhaps if I were at liberty to spend a lazy afternoon lingering over Nimrod’s puzzles I … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 989 by Quixote (25 Jan 2009)
I found this fairly easy, with the two 15-letters entries solved straightaway. Solving time, 15 mins. * = anagram ACROSS 1 LES SON 4 MAR ROW 9 STABLEMATE Cryptic definition 10 CAM P … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,987 / Orense
A very pleasing puzzle, even when solving at 4am! A minor quibble with 17a but otherwise some enjoyable clues. Unusually for me the first run through generated no definite grid entries but the … Read more >>
FT 12,978 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword on 19 January 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,977 by Cinephile
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 10th I had some trouble finishing this puzzle, stumped for a while by 18A and 6D. Having solved it, I think 18A is rather brilliant. … Read more >>