Financial Times 13,320 / Falcon
The usual from Falcon, elegant and not too taxing. One new word for me, at 24A, nothing too obscure otherwise. The parsing for 27A is foggy still, help invited. // 27A updated. Across … Read more >>
Day: 26 February 2010
Guardian 24,939 (Sat 20 Feb)/Enigmatist – Criminal record
Solving time: 14 mins I don’t think I’ve ever finished a crossword having understood so few of the solutions! It took me at least as long again to fathom them all out. As … Read more >>
Independent 7,290 by Tees
A very enjoyable one here. I had expected to say that I found this a bit easier than usual for a Tees, but then I started to struggle towards the end. Still, here … Read more >>
Guardian 24,944 / Bonxie
A quite quick second appearance for Bonxie this year, considering we had only four of his / her puzzles last year [thanks, Andrew!]. There was nothing too taxing – some ingenious clues and … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,044 (21/02/10)
My ongoing quest to complete a whole Beelzebub unaided led to a full grid, yet with a couple of silly errors. Still, a good week and always a pleasure to work out the … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1113 – Origins by Samuel
Samuel is a setter I have come across in The Listener and Magpie as well as here in the Inquisitor series. I have always enjoyed his puzzles. This was no exception. Like all … Read more >>
Independent Prize Puzzle 7285 by Bannsider – Saturday 20 February 2010
As I only blog Independent puzzles once a month, I don’t have a great deal of experience of individual setters. A little research though shows that I have solved Bannsider’s puzzles before as … Read more >>