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A pleasant stroll through the park … so pleasant that I missed the theme device which is a very clever and creative ruse. Very enjoyable puzzle. ACROSS 1 COCAINE CO (company, … Read more >>
A standard Rufus offering for a Monday morning. The only area that held me up for a short time was the South East corner. There was the usual mix of double/triple definitons, cryptic … Read more >>
A crossword with some wordplays surprisingly complex for a Quiptic, and, shall we say, some examples of questionable construction to educate the beginner. Across 1. Keep a gorilla initially captured from wild (6) … Read more >>
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism A very pleasant puzzle themed around the birds and the bees. I got the theme relatively quickly, which meant I was able to make … Read more >>
This was one of the fastest solves of an Eye crossword for some time. Everything slotted in steadily from start to finish with none of the clues holding me up for any appreciable … Read more >>
As usual rich vocabulary and diverse clue styles… love the original word in 23d … grrrr ( )* = anagram { } = omitted < = reversed … Read more >>
A few hard-boiled eggs too many in this Sunday competition puzzle which I found to be more of a drag than a piece of entertainment. Some of the devices may not seem fair … Read more >>
This would have made for a pleasant Sunday afternoon, except that I finished it Saturday evening.
“Wrong Number” is one of the older types of “special”, dating back at least to Ximenes. These puzzles can be hard to get started on, because you have to solve a lot of … Read more >>
In this week’s puzzle, 16 clues needed to have a word in the definition unmixed after the removal of one letter, these removed letters giving a range of ingredients. I can’t believe this … Read more >>
Is it a Double Pangram? – Yes it is! First pass 10 answers in 10 mins which is good going for me, and by the end of the first session I was stuck … Read more >>
A very characteristic offering from Araucaria this week with one of his long poetic anagrams and some typical charades. It took me a little over an hour to complete without resort to a … Read more >>
I suppose that many of us, having solved so many crosswords and taken part in so many quizzes over the years, probably feel that our general knowledge is pretty reasonable and that we … Read more >>
A pleasant stroll with Mudd today whilst Shuchi’s on vacation. There’s not a lot for me to comment on, except for perhaps 2dn where I think part of the wordplay is a little … Read more >>
An entertaining and enjoyable workout from Araucaria, with not too many liberties taken, I think. A few weeks ago, I blogged an Enigmatist puzzle based on London Underground stations, some of which I’d … Read more >>