Financial Times 13,480 / Falcon

A real bran tub today.  Our ports of call range from the dangerously shallow (yes, I’m talking about you, five-letter answers!) to almost uncharted waters (C19th operatic minutiae). Across 1 PENCHANT – p{oet} … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,070 (22/08/10)

A tough week, I thought, especially without online access to Chambers any more. Apologies for the late-ish blog. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across 4 EFFECTUAL – EC in FATEFUL*. … Read more >>

Independent 7451/Nimrod

All this was far too difficult for me and if it hadn’t been for the reveal function I’m sure I’d never have finished, because there are still several that I can’t understand. The … Read more >>

Guardian 25,105 / Chifonie

An enjoyable and relatively quick solve for us this morning, with only the southwest corner troubling us. ACROSS 1. O(P.E.)RATE 5. ASK AN C.E. 10. FE(R)N apparently a slough is a fen 11. … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,471 – Crux

Monday Prize Crossword on 23 August 2010 ACROSS 1 VILLAINOUSNESS *(an evil soul’s sin) almost an &lit 10 ELECT synonymous with SELECT 11 UNTAXABLE Zero-RATED (answer to 14) goods (like infant food) are … Read more >>