Guardian 24,816 – Rufus
An exemplary Monday puzzle – no odd constructions but still enough to exercise the grey matter on the commute. Across 8. ON THE HOP. double definition 9. SPEARS. S.(PEAR)S. 10. TEMPTS. TE(MP)ST*. 11. … Read more >>
Day: 28 September 2009
Independent 7161 by Morph
*=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 >>
Private Eye/Cyclops 400 – 16 years
Number 400 Eh! We only get 26 issues of this esteemed organ each year – if we’re lucky – so I reckon that’s 16 years that Cyclops has been working at the sharp … Read more >>