Thu December 17, 2009 at 9:03 pm

Independent 7226 by Mass (Sat 12 Dec 2009)

Thu December 17, 2009 at 9:03 pm by petebiddlecombe

Solving time: about 45 late night minutes Mass has usually been a very difficult setter for me – never quite sure why. I was going to say that this has a lot of … Read more >>

Independent 7,230/Nimrod

Thu December 17, 2009 at 2:35 pm by Ali

Apologies for the brevity/lateness here. Work Xmas party last night, so I solved this one with a belting hangover on the bus 2 hours late for work and am still playing catch-up. Good … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,262/Orense

Thu December 17, 2009 at 2:00 pm by smiffy

A bit of a doddle today, but with some fun elements – and a few items that piqued my quibblesome side this morning. Across 9 ORIGINATE – I + GIN (“mother’s ruin”) in … Read more >>

Guardian 24885 / Chifonie

Thu December 17, 2009 at 8:48 am by mhl

Quite a tough puzzle today, I thought, with a few words I wasn’t familiar with – these were all quite guessable from the clues though. Across 1. PESTERED P = “Penny” + (STEERED)* … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1035 by Quixote – 13 Dec 2009

Thu December 17, 2009 at 1:00 am by nmsindy

Solving time, 18 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 7 A L (L ERG) IST 9 ASS ET silly (noun) 11 DEVONSHIRE CREAM (over merchandise)* 12 PURL(O)IN 13 ILL EG AL(Capone) … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,253 – Dante

Thu December 17, 2009 at 3:18 pmThu December 17, 2009 at 12:02 am by Uncle Yap

Monday Prize Crossword on 7 December 2009 Another painless start to the FT week with Dante’s slick surfaces. ACROSS 1 HUDSON *(hounds) 4 SCRAMBLE dd 10 DELIRIOUS Ins of RIO (Brazilian city) in … Read more >>