Day: 1 June 2010

Independent 7,371/Virgilius

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A typically brilliant puzzle from the master of the themed daily, cleverly using the idea of multiple word ‘see x‘ grid entries as the basis for some diocesan double definition deception. This exposed … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,057 (23/05/10)

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A tough week, I found. I’m still a little 34ac with regard to explanations for 22ac. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across 1 TASK – T AS K. Clever one, … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,400 / Armonie

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Quite straightforward today, nothing obscure or contentious and decent surfaces in the main. Across 1 INVOCATION  IN (trendy) VOCATION (career) 7 DHOW  D (departs) HOW (in what manner) 9 ISIS  [cr]ISIS (trouble loses … Read more >>

Guardian 25,025 – Brummie

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Brummie presented yet another very Ximenean puzzle which is not as difficult as one under his other alter ego in the Private Eye. Shorn of risque references, it is not quite as entertaining … Read more >>