Day: 11 February 2009

Financial Times 12,998 / Monk

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As usual with Monk, some delightfully misleading clues and some excellent construction. It was a pleasure to solve and blog this one. . . Across 1,6,28 FINANCIAL TIMES CROSSWORD  *(MAN N FACILITIES) CROSS … Read more >>

Independent 6,965 by Dac

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. After the tougher puzzles we’ve seen from Dac recently, this seemed to come together remarkably quickly. Only the NW corner put up a bit of … Read more >>

Guardian 24,620/Chifonie

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A characteristically straightforward but enjoyable puzzle from Chifonie. There’s just one clue (3dn) where I think things have gone astray, but perhaps others can convince me it’s all right. Key: dd = double … Read more >>