January 30, 2009 at 5:23 pm

Financial Times 12,988 / Bradman

January 30, 2009 at 7:27 pmJanuary 30, 2009 at 5:23 pm by Gaufrid

I found this generally up to Bradman’s usual high standard, with some good clues, but unfortunately there appears to be one significant error (4a). I am also not too happy with the wordplay … Read more >>

Independent 6,955/Phi

January 30, 2009 at 3:58 pmJanuary 30, 2009 at 2:19 pm by Ali

A very quick solve for me on this one, but equally a very enjoyable one. I’ve been trying my hand at writing a few puzzles of my own of late and there’s so … Read more >>

Guardian 24,610/Arachne

January 30, 2009 at 12:26 pm by Andrew

A fairly tricky puzzle from Arachne which I’ve been intermittently struggling with all morning in between trying to get some work done. Some nice clues, but I think 4dn is very poor, and … Read more >>

Independent 6950/Tees (Prize Puzzle 24-01-09)

January 30, 2009 at 8:15 am by neildubya

A very enjoyable puzzle which I found pretty tough in places. I doubt I would have got 10 at all without Google and I’m still not sure about 4. Good fun though – … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations 846 Three Fours by Jophu

January 30, 2009 at 1:36 pmJanuary 30, 2009 at 12:15 am by Colin Blackburn

Jophu is another new setter to me so I didn’t know what to expect with this one. The clues were normal and, as it turned out, fairly straightforward. There were some very easy … Read more >>

Inquisitor 108 SKYLIGHT by Phi

January 30, 2009 at 3:43 pmJanuary 30, 2009 at 12:11 am by Colin Blackburn

An excellent puzzle from Phi as usual. The title immediately suggested something either astronomical or related to atmospheric physics. I considered rainbows and halos but eventually, after getting some letters in 44, saw … Read more >>