Month: January 2018

Inquisitor Review of 2016-7 – The Results

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Continental Drift

Generally speaking, when a new email correspondent writes to say “After years of doing cryptic crosswords, I’m now having a go at compiling them”, experience tells me that this is not a good omen. When this is rapidly followed by the submission of – horror of horrors – a puzzle with three consecutive unchecked letters across the middle of its grid and six unchecked letter pairs elsewhere, I mean, what is an editor to think?

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Guardian 27.409 / Paul

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There was a strong whiff of  déjà vu about solving and  blogging this puzzle. It’s just four weeks since I blogged a Paul puzzle on the theme of ‘scorers’ – on that occasion … Read more >>

Independent 9,754 by Hoskins

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Hoskins seems to appear practically every week nowadays and he has certainly had his fill of me, since we frequently coincide. But I haven’t had my fill of him, since he always produces good crosswords where everything is properly explained; as ever, this crossword contains some very good clues.

Definitions underlined and in maroon.  Anagram indicators in italics.

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Financial Times 15757 Sayang

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Thanks Sayang. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Section of church left out by accident (6) CHANCE : “chancel”(section of a church reserved for the clergy and choir) minus(… out) “l”(abbrev. … Read more >>

Guardian 27,407 – Imogen

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Quite a tricky offering from Imogen today, with some obscurities in both answers and wordplay. My first breakthrough was the long answer at 26a, but there were still a few hurdles along the … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,756 / Falcon

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This is Teacow’s first blogging effort. Hello everyone! An enjoyable Monday morning offering from Falcon. As our first attempt at blogging a crossword, this was, mercifully, fairly straightforward. We had a few technical … Read more >>