Beelzebub 1,081 (07/11/10)
I’ve once again made the mistake of waiting far too long between solving and blogging to really remember much about this one. The lack of scrawls, notes and correction fluid on the grid … Read more >>
Day: 18 November 2010
Independent – 7517 by Nestor
To borrow a phrase from Anax this was for me a monster. I found bits of this at times beyond me and I’ve still got some gaps in the wordplay for you lucky … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,546 / Hamilton
I think this could well be Hamilton’s first foray into the “supersized-anagram-plus-friends” type of theme. Fortunately the down clues are quite generous, and provided plenty of early checking letters for the main thematic … Read more >>
Guardian 25171 / Arachne
I found this quite a tricky solve, with some intricate wordplay – looking back at the clues, though, I’m not sure it should have caused me so many problems. I’ll put this down … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,537 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword on 8 November 2010 Once again, it is back to good old Dante with his slick and smooth clues which entertain without over-taxing one’s grey cells. ACROSS 1 ARCHIVES Ins … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,536 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 6 Now here is what I call a good Mudd, a puzzle that I can easily imagine took a lot of thought. It was somewhat … Read more >>