Financial Times 13,532 / Neo
A quick solve from Neo today. Nothing especially commentworthy, but I enjoyed 21 across and 15 down, among others. Across 8 AGOUTI OUT (in the open) in A GI (an American soldier) 9 … Read more >>
Month: November 2010
Guardian 25157 Pasquale – Swan of Lichfield to the rescue
A very challenging puzzle from another Master which took me an hour to crack, helped by furious references to on-line sources for words and things I have never heard of before until today. … Read more >>
Guardian 25,156 / Rufus
Sorry for the very late post – I’ve been a bit overwhelmed today, and only just got a chance to rush out this post. Apologies for any errors or omissions… Across 1. PROPELLOR … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 572 / Orlando
Orlando isn’t a regular setter of the Quiptic (this is his first outing this year as far as I can see), but he has produced a most enjoyable and accessible puzzle for us … Read more >>
Guardian Genius No. 88 / Pasquale
Apologies for the late appearance of a post for this puzzle. The scheduled blogger forgot that it was her turn and did not solve it so I am standing in at the last … Read more >>
Site Maintenance
I undertook some site maintenance work over the weekend which involved clearing out redundant items from the database. In the process, it appears that a few posts have been closed to further comments. … Read more >>
Independent 7502 by Merlin
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism Continuing the recent run of themed puzzles in the Indy, this one contained a number of literary adulteresses. It was quite easy to get … Read more >>