I started off quite easily in the top-left, which made me double check that it was actually by Monk. Things soon got back to normal and there followed a satisfying struggle to finish. My apologies for the late posting, the morning has been an endless sequence of interruptions. There is certainly a Nina in here somewhere, I will start hunting for it now and update the post when I find it. Thank you Monk, excellent as always.
Day: 29 July 2015
Guardian 26,636 – Nutmeg
After yesterday’s expert duffing-up by Vlad I was expecting (or hoping for?) something a little gentler today, but I found this one pretty hard too. However, it was soundly and accurately clued (apart … Read more >>
Independent 8982 / Quixote
Our first thoughts when we saw the puzzle was the rather odd looking grid – the same thoughts we had yesterday. This time however, there was no apparent reason for the fact that … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1395: Dominance by Kruger
Preamble: Most clues contain either wordplay yielding an extra or missing letter or a single-letter misprint in the definition (approximately equal numbers of each). In order, the extra/missing/ correct letters give a quotation … Read more >>