Month: September 2009

Financial Times 13,195 / Satori

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A generally straightforward puzzle today with accurate cluing in most instances though 11a was a little misleading in that ‘grain’ needed to provide ‘crop’ and ‘store’ ‘silo’ whereas a silo is a grain … Read more >>

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Guardian 24818 / Paul

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Excellent stuff from Paul today; we made steady progress through this last night and completed it without having to look anything up, so I think the difficulty’s about right. My particular favourite is … Read more >>

Independent 7163/Dac

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Smooth and neat as always from Dac. The naturalness of his clues never ceases to amaze me. Across 1 SECOND — 2 defs, pronounced differently 4 A DV(AN CE)D 9 EX POUND 11/12 … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,194 / Neo

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The usual collection of clean and interesting clues from Neo. Across 1 ROCHDALE CH (church) +AD (after Christ) reversed, in ROLE.  “After Christ” should be read as after birth, not death   6 BUTTON … Read more >>

Independent 7,162/Punk

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Definitely one of the toughest Punks we have had for a while I thought, but wonderfully inventive clueing as we’ve come to expect. 14/18 is up there with my favourites of 2009! Across … Read more >>

Independent 7161 by Morph

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def Entertaining and tricksy stuff from Morph, if at times a little imprecise. Could Aztec really be described as “disused Mexican” ? And S&M probably involves … Read more >>

Reminder

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Please do not refer to, or comment on, a prize puzzle until after the closing date for entries.

Everyman 3286

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I didn’t really like this one. It’s unfortunate that IOUs was used in a clue to 14 ac and a solution to 2dn. I can’t properly parse 1dn, 16dn is a dreadful clue … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,022 (20/09/09)

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I should probably blog these a bit sooner after solving, or at least take notes, since I have scant recollection of actually tackling this one. I do know that I once again managed … Read more >>