November 27, 2009 at 9:14 am

Guardian 24,868 / Quantum

November 27, 2009 at 9:14 am by Andrew

Yet another posthumous Quantum puzzle. Unfortunately I have to say I wasn’t very impressed with it: there are a couple of rather weak cryptic definitions, and other niggles noted below. Apart from that … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,245 / Viking

November 27, 2009 at 11:27 amNovember 27, 2009 at 9:02 am by shuchi

A very good puzzle, a shade easier than Viking’s usual. I would’ve preferred fewer word truncations in the wordplay, but that’s a minor nitpick in an otherwise solid effort. Across 1 SHEEPISH SHE … Read more >>

Independent 7208 by Scorpion (Sat 21-Nov 2009)

November 27, 2009 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

I found this very hard, as we come to expect from Scorpion. After I had about 10 answers I came to a complete halt, totally stuck. Restarting the next day I made a … Read more >>

Independent 7213/Phi

November 27, 2009 at 1:40 am by John

As usual a pleasing efficient crossword from Phi. Not much to say really — it all fits together very well. Across 9 HER(M)ITAGE — this museum 10 Y(E)ARN 11 ALGE(B)R{I}A 12 DATA SET … Read more >>

Inquisitor 151 – Drop by Schadenfreude

November 27, 2009 at 12:46 am by petebiddlecombe

Solving time: very roughly 6 hours, with LOTS of cheating I foolishly left this for a few days before starting to solve for this report. It turned out to be really tough and … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,030 (15/11/09)

December 13, 2009 at 3:29 amNovember 27, 2009 at 12:00 am by Simon Harding

A perhaps over-ambitious attempt on my part, to finish this without any kind of research materials. I filled the grid in reasonable time, but it seems I invented a couple of words in … Read more >>