A puzzle that at first seemed tough, and then seemed elementary, and ended up being pretty enjoyable, after all.
Day: 27 November 2014
Independent 8774 / Rorschach
We don’t see this setter very often so it is something of a coincidence that I was standing in for someone who was away, as I am today, when his last puzzle appeared. … Read more >>
Guardian 26,428 by Boatman
This was a tricky and sometimes frustrating solve, but with plenty of cleverness to enjoy along the, ahem, way. Quite a few answers were filled in from crossers + definition and parsed afterwards, 4ac was a new word and my last in. Favourites were 19ac/dn, 8dn and 21 dn.
Financial Times 14,781 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 17 For some reason I didn’t find this Dante crossword as enjoyable as its predecessors. Hard going in the CD department and occassionally things that I found a bit debatable. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,780 by Magwitch
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 15, 2014 I found this puzzle fairly easy and very good. My top clues are 1a (TOUCH DOWN), 17a (ARMPITS), 19a (MUMBLED), 1d (TOPIC) and … Read more >>