Guardian 25,911 – Gordius
Quite a fair to middling kind of puzzle with the expected Gordian obscurities thrown in here and there. Across 1 SKINFLINT Mean injunction after non-U plenitude of drink (9) SKINFUL (plenitude of drink) … Read more >>
Month: April 2013
Guardian Quiptic 698 / Pan
Another good Quiptic from Pan. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 12th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in the wordplay are shown with the unused letters in brackets e.g. … Read more >>
Independent 8256/Quixote
A puzzle from Quixote that was full of non-Ximenean constructions, loose cluing and obscure definitions. What’s the world coming to? What’s the date again? There is a nod to it across the top … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 117 / Brummie
The Genius lulls you into a false sense of security. You know you have a month to complete it so you keep putting off starting it. Then when you do you start, you realise … Read more >>
Guardian 25,910 – Rufus
No April foolery here (unless I’ve been fooled..), just the usual type of puzzle we expect from Rufus; if anything rather easy even by his standards, apart from one possibly obscure word that … Read more >>
Private Eye / Cyclops 491 – Pompom tea party
Some particularly fine smutty surface readings to the clues this week. The simple but effective 18A is my favourite. Across 1 POMPOM Member squeezed between balls during Cameron’s fancy ball? (6) MP (member) … Read more >>