Financial Times 13,155 / Falcon
I was pressed for time today and so I’m happy there is an easyish Friday puzzle for a change. The RHS came together very quickly; the LHS took longer as I had a … Read more >>
Day: 14 August 2009
Independent 7,723/Phi
A nice end to the week from Phi. Started this as I got on the bus to work, and finished just before I needed to get off. Perfect. Across 1 SUPERCHARGED – PERCH … Read more >>
Inquisitor 136 – Availability by Phi
This is a good example of a surprise you can sometimes get from thematic puzzles – that an idea hasn’t been used before. I even wonder if this is what the title is … Read more >>
Guardian 24,778 / Brummie
There’s a mini-theme of improbability going on here, in 14, 18ac, 4dn and 24dn etc. There are one or two rather lame charades, I think, but an entertaining puzzle on the whole, as … Read more >>
Independent 7118 by Tyrus (Saturday Prize Puzzle 8 August 2009)
I struggled with this puzzle having to return to it a number of times. With hindsight I think that the wordplay was clever but very fair. The definitions were well disguised which made … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 874: Arthur by Oxymoron
A nice short preamble: five answers have one letter added or removed and then arranged for entry. The lengths for these clues refer to the answer, rather than entry, lengths, so they are … Read more >>