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Guardian 24,448 (Puck)

Wed July 23, 2008 at 11:13 pm by diagacht

Apologies for a very late post! Across 1 QUOTATION MARKS: QUOTATION (estimate) + K in MARS (next door planet) 11 TOERAGS: TOE (digit) + RAGS (newspapers) 12 TRIPLEX: a kind of double definition … Read more >>

Guardian 24,448 – placeholder

Wed July 23, 2008 at 3:30 pm by diagacht

(From Neildubya: I’m not sure if today’s blogger is available today so here’s your placeholder for you to start discussing the puzzle. Diagacht: if you’ve written your post you can edit this entry … Read more >>

Guardian 24,434 (Rufus)

Mon July 7, 2008 at 8:09 am by diagacht

Across 7 FLAWLESS: F + LAWLESS 9 E-BOATS: anagram of TO BASE 10 STYE: STYLE less L (Roman numeral) 11 KICKED BACK: The back who was kicked, retaliated 12 CARAFE: A RAF in … Read more >>

Guardian 24,425 (Shed)

Thu June 26, 2008 at 7:47 am by diagacht

Apologies for a rather brief blog today. Across 1 DEVILS ADVOCATE: DEVIATE around anagram of CALVADOS (without an ‘A’) 9 UKRAINIAN: UK RAIN + IAN 10 PROMO: PRO + MO 13 DIASTOLE: AID … Read more >>

Guardian 24,411 (Puck)

Tue June 10, 2008 at 9:21 am by diagacht

Some difficult clues here. I couldn’t follow the clue for 24dn. Can it be that it has gone west? Across 1 HIGHLIGHT: HIGH (drunk) + LIGHT (answer to clue) 6 CLIME: CrIME with … Read more >>

Guardian 24,402 (Gordius)

Fri May 30, 2008 at 9:03 am by diagacht

Across 1 DECIDED: CID in DEED 5 DELIBES: DLIBErateS without rate. Refers to Leo Delibes the French romantic composer 10 NEWCASTLE: anagram of LEWES CANT 11 OFF WITH HIS HEAD: from Lewis Carroll’s … Read more >>

Guardian 24,393 (Puck)

Wed May 21, 2008 at 10:11 amWed May 21, 2008 at 9:17 am by diagacht

This caused me some trouble with two clues solved but unexplained. Across 9 NORWEGIAN: anagram of WEARING NO 10 ANNIE: hidden in bemoAN NIEtzsche 11 CAPTAIN: A P (a page) in anagram of … Read more >>

Guardian 24,388 (Logodaedalus)

Wed May 14, 2008 at 7:18 am by diagacht

Across 1 HOARSE: A in HORSE 4 PASTIME: PA’S TIME 9 DEDICATED: DE (half dead) + CAT in DIED 10 IMPEL: MP in IE (that is) + L 11 OLDIE: (s)OLDIE(r) 12 ISINGLASS: … Read more >>

Guardian 24,380 (Rufus)

Tue May 6, 2008 at 8:32 am by diagacht

Apologies everyone. I did this crossword yesterday but failed to see that I was on blogging duty. A good but straightforward Rufus! Across 9 ODD NUMBER: &Lit 10 AMEND:MEN in AD 11 GALLANT: … Read more >>

Guardian 24,371 (Araucaria)

Thu April 24, 2008 at 1:51 pmThu April 24, 2008 at 9:03 am by diagacht

Across 1 COPPER: double definition 4 CLEMATIS: M in CLEAT IS. Clematis Vitalba is a wild flower, also known as Old Man’s Beard 9 NORMA: hidden in londoN OR MAnchester. It’s a 19th … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,738 (Bradman)

Thu April 10, 2008 at 2:31 pmThu April 10, 2008 at 1:46 pm by diagacht

Yesterday Cinephile, today Bradman – it’s been an interesting couple of days. Some rather odd words in here! Across 9 BALALAIKA: BALA (Welsh Lake) + LAIKA (dog breed) 10 SCHWA: SA (salvation army) … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,737 (Cinephile)

Wed April 9, 2008 at 6:04 pm by diagacht

Across 1 PIKESTAFF: as plain as a, and ‘fishing rod’ 6 FOCAL: anagram of CALF O (love) 10 MARIJUANA: JUAN (John) in MARIA (Miriam) 11 GRUB STREET: GRUBS (foods) + TREET (sounds like … Read more >>

Guardian 24,357 (Gordius)

Tue April 8, 2008 at 8:15 am by diagacht

Straightforward enough except for 26ac which took me ages to sort out and may well be wrong. Across 1 SHAMROCK: SHAM + ROCK 5 ACCORD: ACCORD(ion) losing I and ON, one and on … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,733 (Orense)

Fri April 4, 2008 at 5:56 pmFri April 4, 2008 at 7:03 am by diagacht

Across 1 NEEDLEWORK: NEEDLE (niggle) + WORK (operation) 7 COVE: most of a COVE(N) 9 CHIC: H (hotel) in CI (channel islands) + C (west of Cuba, i.e. first letter) 10 CASHIERING: anagram … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,732 (Phssthpok)

Sun October 26, 2008 at 7:57 pmThu April 3, 2008 at 8:04 am by diagacht

This was by no means easy, with some unusual words, and some unsolved wordplay. Across 1 MULLIGATAWNY: MULL (warm) + I + GA (empty guava) + TAWNY (owl) 10 INDORSE: anagram of RIDES … Read more >>