Financial Times 13,022 / Monk
A most enjoyable puzzle with, as is usual for Monk, some excellent surfaces. Unfortunately I am unable, as yet, to explain the wordplay in 14d. Edit: now explained by Nmsindy, see below. . . Across … Read more >>
Day: 11 March 2009
Independent 6989 by Dac
Excellent puzzle from Dac, as usual, solving time 14 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 HALV(e) AH Pleased to work out a new word from the clear wordplay. Turkish sweetmeat … Read more >>
Guardian 24,644/Rover
Fairly typically for Rover (who I think of as a kind of Rufus-lite) this started off quite easily, but was rather spoilt for me by some vague and unsatisfactory cryptic definitions, especially 9ac. … Read more >>