Aardvark, but not at his best?
Day: 25 November 2015
Independent 9084 by Quixote
Quixote’s monthly appearance as a sub for Dac and as usual not lowering the standard at all; everything elegantly and efficiently clued. I sped through this but spent twenty minutes on 12/14 before giving up. It’s a phrase I had never heard and I felt a bit guilty not knowing it as it’s probably quite well-known.
So, for me at any rate, the unusual word or phrase was there, a trademark of Quixote’s puzzles.
Guardian Cryptic 26738 by Paul
The puzzle amy be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26738.
Inquisitor 1412: The Great Divide by Wan
Seen Wan here a couple of times before, most recently on the Pennine Way (“Pub Crawl”). First noted the asymmetric grid … more often a positive indicator of a puzzle than a negative … Read more >>