Independent 7,134/Tees
Nice stuff from Tees. Some excellent clues here, though there are one ot two I can’t quite piece together, so any pointers appreciated. This looks like the kind of grid which screams Nina, … Read more >>
Day: 27 August 2009
Financial Times 13,166 / Sleuth
A pangrammatic puzzle today with a good mixture of clue types. A minor quibble with 31a in that both ‘beaten’ and ‘beeton’ could be entered into the grid and, depending upon how one … Read more >>
Guardian 24,789 / Paul
After yesterday’s struggles with Enigmatist, I found this one mostly quite easy, except that 7dn stumped me for ages, and caused some problems with its crossing words too. Some tricky wordplay here, and … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1019 by Quixote (23 Aug 2009)
I found this very easy, solving time 11 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 4 FIRE D RILL 7 DEL(p)HI Definition/wordplay splits at capital/city 9 RE(A)CTOR 10 NOT HALF 11 SEE … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,151 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword on 17 August 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,156 by Cincinnus
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 15 I did this puzzle on a flight from London to the US returning from my summer vacation. I found it good as always although … Read more >>