Financial Times 13,387 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword on 17 May 2010 Once again, a gentle start to the week with the maestro of the slick and smooth clues. However, I do have an aversion to repetition of … Read more >>
Month: May 2010
Financial Times 13,386 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 15 I consider this an outstanding puzzle by Mudd. He gives us a lot of clever cryptic definitions (e.g. 1A, 13A, 6D), some clues that … Read more >>
Independent 7366 by Dac
The usual excellent puzzle from Dac, quite easy to start but nmsindy’s unfamiliarity with films and dogs slowed me up a bit at the end, solving time 23 mins. Many thanks to Ali … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,395 / Cinephile
Despite a less than friendly grid that only linked the four corners by one across and one down light, I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle which had some trademark clues. The answers to the … Read more >>
Guardian 25,020 – Audreus
There were no Audreus puzzles for over a year, but now we’ve had two from her in fairly quick succession (the last was on 9th April). On past form it’s a fairly safe … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,394 / Neo
Agentzero is busy today so I’m afraid you will have to put up with me (again!). I thought this was easier than usual for a Neo, despite some novel anagram/insertion indicators. However, it … Read more >>
Guardian 25,019 – Gordius
Gordius follows Gordius and today’s offering is just as varied and quite a delight to solve. Nothing very complicated except possibly for 11Down where there appeared to be a hard-boiled egg in the … Read more >>
Independent 7365/Mordred
Well thank goodness for the cheat facility on the website. Without it I’d never have completed this: all the clues contain the name of some literary work, and often they are very clever, … Read more >>
Independent 7364 by Eimi
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism Just when you thought the politicking was all over, Eimi pops up with this themed puzzle to celebrate (if that’s the right word) the … Read more >>
Guardian 25,018 by Rufus
Ahoy there, me hearties. Another sail on the high seas of Rufus. Lots of double definitions this time, which can leave us ‘all at sea’, but in this instance we made it to … Read more >>
Private Eye/Cyclops 417 – Percentage, percentage, percentage
I was knocking off these clues without too much trouble but did think more than once that they were quite convoluted. It took 20 Min – only about ½ pint – drinking slowly – … Read more >>
Azed 1981: Marmite and curry
A fairly straightforward puzzle this week, which took me a little over two hours to solve, although there were the usual number of obscure and unfamiliar words. No major quibbles, except for one … Read more >>
Everyman 3320
True vintage Everyman this week, in my opinion. Not a single word in the solution that required me to check its definition or an obscure place name to stop me in my tracks. … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,056 (16/05/2010)
I found this to be an average week, in terms of difficulty. There remain one or two details that elude me for the time being. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 914: Opus by Hypnos
This is the sixth Enigmatic Variations puzzle by Hypnos since the EV blog started at fifteensquared about 18 months ago, and I’ve done four of them! They are usually good fun, so I … Read more >>