Financial Times 13,504 / Flimsy
Plenty of Flimsy whimsy in evidence today, although I thought that a couple of clues (12A, 19A) were, in part, too lazily self-referential. On the plus side, I learned a geographic factoid courtesy … Read more >>
Month: September 2010
Independent 7475/Morph
An excellent crossword from Morph today. There are still some that I can’t see but I’m sure they will be explained by someone. As for a Nina, I suspect there is one since … Read more >>
Guardian 25,129 / Araucaria
We’re both rather bleary-eyed today, so apologies for any typos. This was about as easy as Araucaria gets, but had lots of nice touches which made for a light, enjoyable solve. A few … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,495 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword on 20 September 2010 Another light and easy week-opener from Crux. ACROSS 1 TEHRAN *(the) + RAN (fled) for the capital of Iran (Persia) 4 IN CLOVER Cha of INC … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,494 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 18 This puzzle took me longer than most. In particular, 24A (TOILET ROLL) and 6D (APOSTROPHE) stumped me for a while. At first I did … Read more >>
Independent – 7474 by DAC
A lot of double definitions today it seems. Usual good stuff from Dac but I don’t get the wordplay for 21d Across 1 Booth – DD 4 Maquisard – QUI in (DRAMAS)* ; … Read more >>
Guardian 25128 / Pasquale
This was a very high quality puzzle from Pasquale, but unfortunately too tough for me complete in the time I have available on a weekday. There are several new words or phrases for … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,503 / Cinephile
An easy (by Cinephile standards) but enjoyable solve today. No particularly outstanding clues but equally none of the customary liberties, though I rather liked the definition in 17dn. Across 1 BOBCAT BC (former … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1144, Pairs at play by Raich
Interesting theme and an entertaining solve. My first reaction was that there seemed an awful lot to keep track of in the extensive rubric! There were three types of clues, and four unclued … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,502 / Armonie
A few new words for me today: 19 across and 20 down. Fortunately for me the wordplay was straightforward in both cases. Favourite clue of the day was 4 across. 12 across is … Read more >>
Guardian 25,127 / Paul
Another mastery offering from one of my favourite setters who is a deft hand at combining devilry and humour with a touch of risque in most of his puzzles. However challenging his clues … Read more >>
Independent 7,473 by Raich
Always nice to see a Raich puzzle. This one seemed really quite straighforward, though the NE corner held me up for a bit while the final few entries fell into place. *=anag, []=dropped, … Read more >>
Independent 7472 by Nitsy
Nice puzzle by Nitsy which varied from quite easy in places to quite tricky, solving time 32 mins. * = anagram ACROSS 1 LAMP M (master) in LAP (drink) lamp = punch (hit) … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 567 / Don Putnam
I thought this was a sound puzzle for those at the start of their cryptic solving careers. Some straightforward solves to get you going with some crossing letters, and then the rest falling … Read more >>
Guardian 25,126 / Brendan
It’s always rather disorientating not to start the week with Rufus but even more so to see Brendan’s name on a Monday puzzle. However, this was more straightforward than many of his, since … Read more >>