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Guardian 24,625 – Brummie

Tue February 17, 2009 at 2:09 am by Uncle Yap

dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram Wow! So many new words in a … Read more >>

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Guardian 24,624 – Auster

Mon February 16, 2009 at 11:23 am by Ciaran McNulty

As easy as you’d expect on a Monday except for a few horticultural clues that were completely out of my areas of expertise, which had to wait until I had most of the … Read more >>

Independent N0 6969 by Math

Mon February 16, 2009 at 11:59 amMon February 16, 2009 at 11:11 am by NealH

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone After a lot of quite difficult puzzles recently, it was nice to have something relatively straightforward. I even had time to look for the NINA, which appears across the … Read more >>

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Private Eye/Cyclops 384 – Pseudo-names

Mon February 16, 2009 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

Answers to clues marked with an asterisk are some of the “pseudo names” used by correspondents to the Eye a few issues ago. It started with a few die-hard footy fans trying to … Read more >>

Azed 1915

Sun February 15, 2009 at 12:02 am by John

A fairly typical experience — one or two very nice clues, one or two I can’t understand, and quite a lot of working things out from the wordplay and saying “well perhaps it’s … Read more >>

Guardian 24,617 / Araucaria

Sun February 15, 2009 at 8:08 amSat February 14, 2009 at 9:18 pm by Eileen

In the absence of the scheduled blogger, I’m offering this as a late substitute, so apologies for any typos, etc. I didn’t expect to be blogging this puzzle, so made no notes as … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,000 / Satori

Sat February 14, 2009 at 2:24 pmFri February 13, 2009 at 7:01 pm by Gaufrid

I thought we might be in for a hard time today what with this being puzzle number 13,000 and it being Friday the 13th but no, the only problem seems to be the … Read more >>

Independent 6967 by Tyrus

Fri February 13, 2009 at 1:02 pm by nmsindy

I could not finish this, essentially because I’d never heard of the 39 letter phrase at the heart of the puzzle. However, as it bounces up on Google, I may be in a … Read more >>

Guardian 24,622 – Orlando

Fri February 13, 2009 at 2:48 pmFri February 13, 2009 at 11:00 am by Ciaran McNulty

Straightforward for a friday but very pleasing with a nice agricultural theme. dd = double definition * = anagram “” = homophone (X) = inserted (x) = deleted << = reversed Across 7. … Read more >>

Beelzebub 990 (08/02/09)

Sat February 14, 2009 at 12:28 amFri February 13, 2009 at 10:30 am by Simon Harding

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. This seemed to come together a little more quickly than in recent weeks, so I’d be interested to hear how other solvers found this. There … Read more >>

Independent 6962/Nimrod (Prize puzzle 07-02-09)

Fri February 13, 2009 at 9:24 am by neildubya

Across 6 hidden reversed in “lIETh” 7 ROB in SINS in NORM< – MRS ROBINSON. Credit where it’s due – Mrs Dubya got this one. 10 A in RODS in BIDE – BROADSIDE. … Read more >>