Just returned from work related travel so had to do the blog hurriedly. Thanks Redshank for a good workout. And to Geoff, for helping with getting this across the finish line.
Day: 22 June 2018
Independent 9,888 by Phi
One of Phi’s more intractable puzzles, it seemed to me. The difficulty with his clueing, even though it is almost universally sound, excellent and imaginative, is that — as Carol Vorderman used to say on Countdown with respect to the numbers games when a contestant chose four large numbers — there are so many ways to go. The clues, although simple enough after the event, often have many possiblities. No doubt this is deliberate. It certainly is more fun than those clues where you say ‘well it must be that, but …’
Definitions underlined, in maroon [I must have done something wrong since they’re not in maroon. Never mind]. Anagram indicators in italics.
Guardian Cryptic 27,542 by Qaos
Fun and not too tricky, with some lovely surfaces