Financial Times 13,384 / Alberich
Having not looked at a crossword for over a week, and with a healthy dollop of jet-lag still floating in my brain, I was hoping for a relatively light workout. While this was … Read more >>
Month: May 2010
Independent 7355/Anax
To say that my heart sank when I saw that I had to blog one of Anax’s crosswords wouldn’t have been quite accurate: the knowledge that I was in for a tough solve … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1056 by Quixote 9th May 2010
Happy Thursday all. Did all of this one pretty swiftly, apart from ‘agaric’, which we looked up in Bradford’s when we got home. In retrospect, ‘smelly plant’ = ‘garlic’ should have been pretty … Read more >>
Guardian 25009 / Paul
Good morning all! You’re getting a double dose of us today. We’re very excited to be blogging a Paul puzzle as he’s a favourite of ours. This was an enjoyable puzzle, with a … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,375 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword on 3 May 2010 Once again, the prolific Dante entertained and teased us with his brand of smooth surfaces and slick construction. ACROSS 1 SICKLE cd Standard is used as … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,374 by Cinephile
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 1 Much of this puzzle is fairly pedestrian but I would single out 27A and 4D as especially good clues. Across 1. OUTWEIGH – reversed … Read more >>
Independent 7354 by Dac
Usual good puzzle from Dac, this one I found extremely easy, solving time, 12 mins. * = anagram ACROSS 1 SPARTA SPAR(fight) TA(volunteers) City in ancient Greece 8 FLETCHER Double definition. … Read more >>
Guardian 25008 / Arachne
Some very good clues in this puzzle, (e.g. 7d, 10d) and a few which I think are bit weak. I’m not sure about how to parse 15a and 14d, I’m afraid. Across 1. … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,383 / Cinephile
A fairly typical Cinephile though overall perhaps slightly easier than some (at least for me). Nothing particularly held me up (studying chemistry at school helped with 19ac) but 26,27,23,24 was the last to … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1124: Legacy by Samuel
As Hihoba is on holiday for a few weeks, I’m blogging this one, and he’ll do mine later in May. A frustratingly slow start on this one … … but with about … Read more >>
Independent 7,353 by Radian
It feels like a while since I tackled, let alone blogged, a Radian. This was characteristically inventive and good fun. For me the top half seemed toughest, though spotting the Nina in the … Read more >>
Guardian 25,007 / Rover
Uncle Yap is away enjoying himself so I have the opportunity to cover a Guardian puzzle at leisure, rather than rushing at the last minute when someone fails to turn up. Unfortunately there … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,382 / Hamilton
Some clever ideas from this setter, but also several clues that I had issues with (or, perhaps, that I misunderstood). Across 1 GOOD-FOR-NOTHING GOOD (honesty) FOR NOTHING (to no avail). How is “honesty” a definition … Read more >>
Independent 7352 / Punk
NealH has business commitments today so I agreed to stand in for him, thinking that it would make a change to cover an Indy. An interesting approach today, with all the down answers … Read more >>
Guardian 25,006 / Rufus
Rufus on Monday – All’s right with the world! – as Browning didn’t say. The familiar start to the week, after two Rufusless Mondays in the last four. I said that the last … Read more >>