Financial Times 13,232 / Flimsy
Apologies for yet another late Thursday blog. I found this something of a Punk 19a (mixed bag), a couple of good &lits (particularly 20d), some decent surfaces (eg 23a & 25a) but also … Read more >>
Day: 12 November 2009
Guardian 24,855 – Araucaria
I’ve had a run of Araucaria recently, and was hit by a pang of fear when I saw how many clues referred to 11ac today. However, once that clue fell I relaxed as … Read more >>
Independent 7,200 by Punk
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. I don't recall blogging a Punk for some time, though maybe that's for the best as I can rarely get to grips with them! This … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1030 by Quixote – 8 November 2009
Solving time, 18 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 5 S (PARR)OWS 7 Itch A MB I(1) Feet of a line of poetry 11 H ONE STY 12 AMEN pleaseD ED … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,223 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword on 2 November 2009 dd = double definition dud = duplicate definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,222 by Cincinnus
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 31 The copy I downloaded from the FT’s Web site claims this is a Cincinnus puzzle. Did the print version say that too? (Most weeks … Read more >>