Thu October 22, 2009 at 10:30 am

Independent 7,182 by Nimrod

Tue February 2, 2010 at 9:47 pmThu October 22, 2009 at 10:30 am by Simon Harding

Well I never, a Nimrod that I could actually solve! And very good it was too. There are a couple of references in 10 and 12ac that I couldn't quite explain, but no … Read more >>

We got through this very fast indeed – I don’t think there’s much that should have caused problems. The surface readings are very nice throughout. Across 8. ACHILLES CHILL in SEA = “tide” … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,214/Viking

Thu October 22, 2009 at 10:25 amThu October 22, 2009 at 3:39 am by smiffy

Much like yesterday, a mish-mash of the hackneyed and the hand-crafted. There seemed to be a plethora of “remove a letter” devices today (e.g. 15A, 24A, 28A, 3D, 22D, 25D). Across 1 OVERWROUGHT … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1027 by Quixote – 18 Oct 2009

Thu October 22, 2009 at 1:00 am by nmsindy

Like last week, I found this harder than usual from Quixote, not that the clues were more difficult but some of the words were less familiar. Enjoyable solve as always, solving time, 30 … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,205 – Crux

Thu October 22, 2009 at 12:02 am by Uncle Yap

Monday Prize Crossword on 12 October 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,204 by Cincinnus

Thu October 22, 2009 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 10 Cincinnus keeps coming with great clues; witness 1A, 9A, 13A, 2D and 6D. But there is one clue, 11D, whose wordplay I do not … Read more >>