Financial Times 13,509 / Aardvark
A pleasant enough puzzle that would suit those who don’t like double or cryptic definitions since only one clue did not involve a charade, anagram or other wordplay. There did however seem to … Read more >>
Day: 6 October 2010
Guardian 25,134 – Orlando
A pleasant challenge from Orlando with a cute mini-theme around “11”. 14a, 16 and 17 were especially nice. Across 9 HINDEMITH HIND=back + EMI=record company + TH[e] 10 OPRAH rev(HARPO) Marx 11 LATERAL … Read more >>
Independent 7480/Dac
One runs out of words of praise for Dac’s crosswords: as always this is full of smooth clues with elegant surfaces. Often they need no explanation after the answers have been broken into their … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1145 – Ulula by Ikela
This was a fairly gentle Inquisitor (solved in under an hour) with a pleasant theme for solvers of my generation. Redundant letters provided by wordplay spelled out a “suggested title for a notional … Read more >>