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Handel

Handel's crosswording lives began soon after their courtship, about three years ago. It was the usual story: boy meets girl, boy gets interested in crosswords, girl turns out to be naturally quite handy at them, and they live happily ever after doing the Azed on Sunday, the Times every now and again, and the Guardian whenever it's Araucaria or Paul. As well as crosswords, El enjoys quizzes, indie music, cinema, real ale, and literary fiction. H likes hiking, skiing, and curry.

Independent on Sunday 1048 by Quixote 14 March 2010

Thu March 18, 2010 at 9:00 am by Handel

Another enjoyable, well clued puzzle from Quixote. The south-west corner took longest, for no good reason – just couldn’t think of the right words for a while. H was pleased to see ‘demotic’ … Read more >>

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Independent on Sunday 1047 by Quixote 7 March 2010

Thu March 11, 2010 at 9:00 am by Handel

An in-bed solve, lasting perhaps 25 minutes. ACROSS 1.  R(AD)OME 4. S POKE N 8. PALL OR 9. SOLSTICE (it’s close)* 10. CO M MAN DAN T 11. HANK dd Hank Marvin of … Read more >>

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Independent on Sunday 1046 by Quixote – 28th Feb 2010

Thu March 4, 2010 at 9:09 am by Handel

We polished this one off in the Bridge in Topsham, with pints of Branoc and hot pasties. What a wonderful afternoon. Found this easier than the previous puzzle, the vocab in this puzzle … Read more >>

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Independent on Sunday 1045 by Quixote – 21st February 2010

Thu February 25, 2010 at 10:00 am by Handel

Two unknown words and one unknown spelling made this a tougher challenge for your faithful correspondents. One clue we haven’t successfully parsed. ACROSS 4. POUND triple definition. 6. HE I NOUS 8. CONNIVER … Read more >>

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Independent on Sunday 1044 by Quixote – 14th February 2010

Thu February 18, 2010 at 10:00 am by Handel

We were glad of a slightly trickier puzzle this weekend, as we tackled this one on a lengthy rail replacement bus service. Once again, we’re embarrassed that our name erroneously indicates some kind … Read more >>

Categories Independent 4 Comments

Independent on Sunday 1043 by Quixote – 7 Feb 2010

Thu February 11, 2010 at 10:00 am by Handel

Post-revelry solve, so slightly longer than it should have been really, about 25 minutes. Very happy to be joining the blogging team having been long-time readers! Highlights for us were 6 and 8 … Read more >>

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