Financial Times 13,289 / Mudd
Good stuff, as usual, from Mudd; including some decent treatment of rather mundane words or devices. I also liked the grid design, which allowed for a nice balance of checking patterns. I don’t … Read more >>
Day: 21 January 2010
Independent 7259 by Nestor
Very inventive and satisfying puzzle from Nestor, quite hard, solving time 45 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 A NDROMEDA GALAXY (Gary Oldman axed)* 10 LEANEST “Art showing tendency that’s … Read more >>
Guardian (24,913), Paul
Very enjoyable puzzle with a cleverly clued theme. Very Paul, very good. Across 8 CINERAMA: anagram of AMERICAN 9 ANODES: O (nothing) in ANDES (range) 11 LINSEED OIL: anagram of DEONISE in LL … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1040 by Quixote – 17 Jan 2010
Solving time, 22 mins. Lower half harder than top half, I found * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 LAPP (p pal)< 4 SUBJECT S 9 SCAR(C)E 10 PEA (CO C)KS 11 … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,280 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword on 11 January 2010 Back to Dante for another not-so-taxing week-opener with some delightful cryptic definitions and double definitions. However, I suspect Dante may have got his mythologies mixed up … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,279 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 9 I needed a bit of dictionary and Google help to finish this puzzle. And I did not get 20D. I especially like 23A and … Read more >>