April 17, 2009 at 12:20 pm

Independent 7021/Phi

April 17, 2009 at 12:20 pm by John

Pleasant fare from Phi, with one clue that defeats me but which will I’m sure be quickly explained. I wonder if the clueing style used in 10ac and 13ac is consciously Azedian. Across 1 … Read more >>

Financial Times 13053 / Phssthpok

April 17, 2009 at 12:54 pmApril 17, 2009 at 11:27 am by shuchi

I got off to a breezing start with this puzzle, filled in 90% of the grid without pause but then unravelling the wordplay for a few of them took some thinking. Not sure … Read more >>

Guardian 24,676 / Gordius

April 18, 2009 at 1:59 pmApril 17, 2009 at 11:02 am by Eileen

I’ve nothing much to say about this puzzle. I quite liked 9ac but there are several clues I’m not happy with, particularly some ‘cryptic’ definitions. [ ]* anagram [ ] < reversal cd … Read more >>

Independent 7016/Mass (Prize puzzle 11-04-09)

April 17, 2009 at 8:30 am by neildubya

A chess inspired puzzle from Mass, where every clue makes reference to the game and/or some its famous players. Like all puzzles from this setter I found this pretty tough but got there … Read more >>

Inquisitor 119 – Offcut by Hypnos

April 17, 2009 at 9:19 pmApril 17, 2009 at 8:08 am by petebiddlecombe

This started as a placeholder post. This was a pretty straightforward puzzle – I managed to see through the trick of making the source of the quote much longer than the quote itself, … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No. 857 – Exactly by Lato

April 17, 2009 at 1:00 am by Gaufrid

The preamble indicated that ten clues had an extra word each of which defined ten otherwise unclued entries. A further unclued entry (of three words) was said to explain ‘exactly’ where these entries … Read more >>