October 14, 2013 at 11:30 am

Guardian Quiptic 726 / Hectence

October 14, 2013 at 12:16 pmOctober 14, 2013 at 11:30 am by Big Dave

While this puzzle has a varied selection of types of clue, I was unhappy with a few of them. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 12th Edition. Most of the standard … Read more >>

Guardian 26,078 by Rufus

October 14, 2013 at 10:50 am by manehi

All very pleasant and straightforward from Rufus today. My favourites were 19ac and 3dn. Across 1 Tyrannise work force (7) OPPRESS =”Tyrannise”. OP=”work” plus PRESS=”force” 5 Mature pine lasting many years (3-4) AGE-LONG … Read more >>

Independent 8424 by Morph

October 14, 2013 at 5:03 pmOctober 14, 2013 at 9:00 am by NealH

*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone An inventive and accessible crossword from Morph. There was occasionally some eccentric and groan-worthy cluing (such as in 1 across and … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 505 Irksome Groping

October 14, 2013 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Another fun-packed episode from our one-eyed friend This was classic Eye fare with the usual parochial nicknames littered among the clues, which of course have disreputable surface readings, and the central row answer … Read more >>