October 23, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Independent 7183 by Phi

October 23, 2009 at 12:30 pm by nmsindy

Quite tricky for a Phi puzzle, enjoyable as always, solving time, 30 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 (p) ASSES 4 A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME Anthony Powell’s … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,215 / Falcon

October 24, 2009 at 6:01 amOctober 23, 2009 at 10:27 am by shuchi

Many witty clues with nice surfaces today. I found this pleasant and not too tough. Favourites: APPENDIX, ACACIA. Across 1 CUT A DASH CUT (canal, as a verb in the wordplay) + D … Read more >>

Fairly straightforward for a Friday. Across clue no. here comment here 1 PAGEANT: AGE in PANT (huff and puff) 5 PLONKER: PLONK (wine) + ER (half of beER) 9 ROOST: ROO (Australian animal) … Read more >>

Inquisitor 146 – Mean – what do you think? – by Lato

October 23, 2009 at 12:26 am by petebiddlecombe

It was quite difficult to make progress at first, but the “extra letters in wordplay” phrase started to emerge from CIANS suggesting “politicians”, and QUISLING as a possible unclued answer. Looking up “politicians” … Read more >>