Independent 7165 by Phi
Unusual one, this. When I saw the small number of cells around the perimeter and the unusual grid (with 360 degree symmetry, I think), I thought ‘Nina’, but the only one I can … Read more >>
Day: 2 October 2009
Guardian 24,820 / Araucaria
A nice challenge from Araucaria today, with almost entirely Ximenean clueing. I was particularly pleased to be able get the Shakespearian references in 1ac and 9ac without assistance. Key: * = anagram dd … Read more >>
Independent 7160 (Saturday Prize Puzzle – 26 September) by Nimrod
This is the second successive Nimrod puzzle that I have blogged for Saturday Independents, so I guess I knew what to expect in terms of both general knowledge and difficulty. Both were at … Read more >>
Inquisitor 143 – PRIMARY REFERENCE by Samuel
Samuel’s first puzzle as an Inquisitor, but he’s a setter familiar to Listener solvers, notably with #3975 and more recently with #4038. Twelve thematic clues are of the “Definition & Letter-Mixture” sort. In … Read more >>