Independent 7099/Phi
What one always gets from Phi — sound clueing, much of it very pleasing, a few complete anagrams, and the occasional musical reference (actually only one I think, unusually few). Across 5 A D JUST … Read more >>
Day: 17 July 2009
Guardian 24,754 – Bonxie
An unusual grid and an unusual theme, today. I don’t think the answers ere particularly linked to the theme, mind you. Across 7. DEPOSED. SEEDPOD* 8. NOWHERE. WON<< + HERE. 9. REND. (cove)R … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,131 / Alberich
Alberich is such a delight to solve. Many great clues here, my favourites were USURY, UNHINGE, INANE. Almost no specialist knowledge needed in this puzzle, the difficulty comes from clever wordplay. I found … Read more >>
Independent 7094 (Prize Puzzle 11 July) by Radian
09:00 Saturday morning, 11th July, before I had gone out to buy the Independent, there was a news item on the radio that indicated it was 150 years to the day since the … Read more >>
EV870 Landmark by Loda
A few misprinted letters didn’t really tell me anything but getting 5dn and a couple of the potentially intersecting across answers helped. I guessed that some squares would be left blank and looking … Read more >>