Financial Times 13,344 / Falcon
Unfortunately Shuchi is unable to join us today so here is a substitute analysis. A fairly straightforward puzzle in the main but I have to admit that I had never heard of 12ac … Read more >>
Day: 26 March 2010
Guardian 24,968 / Bonxie
A reasonably straightforward puzzle from Bonxie, with some nice touches. I have some quibbles with two or three definitions. Across 1 SCARECROW: anagram of CAW SCORER: this surface made me smile. 6 BOOM: … Read more >>
Independent 7,314 by Phi
It’s a while since I blogged a Friday Phi, so either I’m a little rusty or this was quite a tough one. Not having heard of the relevant trilogy didn’t help, although it … Read more >>
Independent 7309 – Saturday Prize Puzzle by Nimrod
I found this hard and took a good afternoon to solve it. There were a couple of words or phrases I had not come across before, namely CACOETHES SCRIBENDI and PULQUE. I knew … Read more >>