Financial Times 13,031 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 21 It took me a while to complete the top right corner of this puzzle, not being familiar with ABBACY and finding 9A, 12A and … Read more >>
Day: 2 April 2009
Financial Times 13,041/Falcon
Other than having to confirm a couple of answers post-solving (5A and 21D) this was not particularly mind-warping in nature. If anything, this puzzle struck me as having all most as much corn … Read more >>
Independent 7,008 by Eimi
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. This crossword was pants! Not really – it was excellent of course, but it did take “underwear” as its theme (see 3ac). Entertaining stuff, with … Read more >>
Guardian 24663 / Quantum
Quite an easy crossword today, but with a few disappointing clues, I thought (e.g. 13, 14, 6, 7) … There are a few things I didn’t understand, but I’m sure people will be … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 998 by Quixote (29 Mar 2009)
Accessible puzzle from Quixote, solving time 17 mins. * = anagram 4 BO (OT)Y 6 F RE EDOM 8 CON SIDE RED 9 Mungo PARK 10 HANSEL (and Gretel) 11 TARNIS H (in … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,032 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword on 23 March 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>