Independent 7,260/Phi
It’s been a good week of puzzles in the Indy and a pretty tough one too. I got on fine with this one as Phi rarely puts a foot wrong with his clueing, … Read more >>
Day: 22 January 2010
Beelzebub 1,039 (17/01/10)
One of my fastest Beelzebub solves of recent times, as witnessed by me blogging this on the Sunday, for once. There is just one – at 29ac – for which I can find … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1108 – French Polish by Nutmeg
We were told that seven grid entries, clued without definition, were of a kind. Their response to an exhortation would affect the method of entry of a further seven clue answers. Further, all … Read more >>
Guardian 24914 / Araucaria
A mostly very enjoyable puzzle, with a nicely done theme. Across 1. CALIFORNIUM Two subsidiary indicators here: (a) A Latinist might say Californium is the singular of California (“state”) (b) CALIF = “leader … Read more >>
Independent 7255 by Nimrod (Sat 16-Jan)
With his trademark 15-letter answers you certainly get your money’s worth from Nimrod. This took me ages, of course, and couldn’t have finished without a bit of dictionary-bashing etc. I found the bottom … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,290 / Gozo
Straightforward stuff today, with a mini-theme of furniture. Many cryptic and double definitions but none that truly sparkled. 20d stood out for its cleverly positioned hyphen at line-break. Across 1 SCHOOL cd 4 … Read more >>