October 16, 2009 at 12:47 pm

Independent 7177/Phi

October 16, 2009 at 1:41 pmOctober 16, 2009 at 12:47 pm by John

A couple of words where I felt no hint of guilt in using the aids: HAEREMAI (obviously familiar to Phi but not perhaps to people outside New Zealand) and MEERSCHAUM, and one more … Read more >>

As usual, a really top quality puzzle from Brendan – great surface readings and some surprising wordplay. Thanks to IanN14 for pointing out the theme of U.S. presidents, Franklin PIERCE, Abraham LINCOLN, Andrew … Read more >>

Independent 7,172 by Merlin (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 10/10/09)

October 16, 2009 at 10:30 am by Simon Harding

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. This week’s answers seemed to go in fairly steadily, albeit with a certain amount of "research" needed to shed light on some of the more … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,209 / Alberich

October 21, 2009 at 5:39 amOctober 16, 2009 at 10:13 am by shuchi

Solid, satisfying challenge from Alberich as always. Clarifications needed for 18A, 29A. // Updated with clarifications. Thanks to Gaufrid. Across 9 GUATEMALA (MET AUG)< A LA (city) 10 ABUSE AE (Scots word for … Read more >>

Inquisitor 145 – IN MEMORIAM-II by Phi

October 16, 2009 at 5:00 am by Hihoba

Superb stuff from Phi as usual. Impeccable clues and a nice theme with a bit of work needed to fill in the middle five rows. I thought it was quite dificult enough without the … Read more >>