Guardian Genius 84: elastic despair
This month’s theme involved removing words from a number of across clues and then putting anagrams of them in some of the down clues. Two further unclued entries were to be found by … Read more >>
Day: 6 July 2010
Independent 7,401 by Math
An all-too-rare visit from Math today. I’m not sure if the date carries some significance, but there’s a strong theme here, based around 1/4 and of course 4dn. I must admit I missed … Read more >>
Guardian 25055 – Orlando
A very good morning’s worth of entertainment. Orlando employed some tongue-in-cheek devices which got me laughing ACROSS 9 AT LEISURE Former British Prime Minister, Clement ATTLEE (1883-1967) minus T&E -> ATLE + I … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,430 / Phssthpok
I thought this was an excellent puzzle, with a lot of inventive wordplay. Across 1 PLUMBAGO P (power) LUMBAGO (backache) 6 MERLIN R[ight], L[eft] (both sides) + I (one) in MEN (people) 9 … Read more >>