Independent 7057/Phi
I made a rather slow start on this typically pleasant Phi crossword, but when I saw that it was all As in the top unches and Zs at the bottom things became easier. … Read more >>
Day: 29 May 2009
Financial Times 13,089 / Sleuth
A generous helping of long anagrams and letter picking clues in this puzzle. There is also a ‘dense’ mini-theme going on (7D, 8D, 9D). Good stuff overall except that the clue surfaces felt … Read more >>
Guardian 24,712 / Araucaria
Mostly very doable, but with a few tough ones and a couple I don’t quite understand. The excellent charade in 21a, 1d, 2d is particularly noteworthy 🙂 Across 1. SECATEURS SEC = “Little … Read more >>
Independent Prize Crossword 7051 by Monk (23 May 2009)
A tricky challenge from Monk that took me a little while to solve. The clues were fair and the surfaces were excellent, but some of the answers or definitions were fairly obscure – … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 863 – To Its Great Credit by Shark
This one took me far longer than it should have done! Having fairly confidently put in ‘garnet’ for 36a (though not too happy about cage=net), I had the grid complete, including nine clashes, … Read more >>
Inquisitor 125 UNCLUED by Schadenfreude
An Araucaria-style alphabetical jigsaw with a serious twist! No clue numbers, but the normal clues were presented in alphabetical order of their solutions and answers were to be fitted in where they would … Read more >>