Fri August 31, 2012 at 9:19 am

Guardian 25,729 – Araucaria

Fri August 31, 2012 at 4:44 pmFri August 31, 2012 at 9:19 am by Andrew

Good fun (with a few niggles) from the Guardian’s premier setter. The key answer at 9dn was a write-in, giving away the theme of Prime Ministers (all of the recent ones back to … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,097 by Gurney

Fri August 31, 2012 at 9:03 am by Jed

Smashing puzzle from Gurney Across 1 CAMSHAFT (engine part) MAC< (Scot returned) SHAFT (small handle) 5 ÉCLAIR (cake) (CAL[o]RIE)* 10 SCAMPER (run) S (second) CAMPER (van) 11 UKRAINE (country) UK … Read more >>

Independent 8075 / Phi

Fri August 31, 2012 at 8:15 amFri August 31, 2012 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

I feel that this was a fairly standard offering from Phi today. No themes, messages, or pangrams that I can see, just a sound national daily crossword puzzle that some solvers can complete … Read more >>