Octofem

Some interesting clues this morning, and the left bottom corner gave me pause.  27d particularly troublesome. ACROSS 1.     CORNET – (c-or-net) 4.     KEYBOARD – key board – cryptic definition. Board as in board … Read more >>

Generally straightforward and quite enjoyable today.  One new word for me , 27a, and a couple of slightly suspect explanations, 25a and22a.  I await illumination, from Geoff or Eileen perhaps??  ACROSS 1.     TUNELESS … Read more >>

ACROSS A rather dull and obvious puzzle I am afraid – the sort where you see the answers as the sheet is coming off the printer.  I have struggled to make anything interesting … Read more >>

Another treat from the Reverend  – I see he is on duty at the Guardian today too in his other  persona. I thought at first that I was looking for numbers, having got … Read more >>

At first glance rather daunting with so many literary allusions.  However, the word play was very simple in most cases, and kind Google came to my aid with details.  Alan seemed to be … Read more >>

I have to say I found this a boring puzzle with some clues so obvious that I yawned.  6d made me think for a while, and 13a held me up until I remembered … Read more >>

A tricky puzzle with one or two involved clues, but entertaining.  Some explanations were not clear to me, e.g. 23a and 27a. ACROSS 1.    WILDEBEEST -(*edible stew) 7.    JOAN  – ( female name: … Read more >>

Rather a rush today with mouths to feed etc., and I made things difficult for myself  by expecting clues to be more complicated than they were!  ACROSS 1.     QUARTERBACK – (American football position … Read more >>

Sorry  everybody from Octofem.  My blog will be late today – unexpected visitors!!

A WEEDY PADDOCK This one gave me a few headaches, particularly the word play of 30a, and SATORI led me cleverly astray in a few clues. ACROSS 1.    RESIST  –   (‘rest’-  to include … Read more >>

DON’T SLEEP IN THE SUBWAY, BABY.    An easier puzzle after Gaufrid’s task yesterday with his Tiffany cats.  Rather a lot of anagrams again, but  some ingenious ways of signalling them. ACROSS 1.    … Read more >>

ACROSS Much of this puzzle was ‘instant’ but I had some problems with 24a and 26a, and would welcome comments. 1.    TEMPLE –  (dd – Shirley Temple, adored child star of the Thirties, … Read more >>

Sorry for delay – it finally reached me!  Nothing of great note here, but nothing to cause complaint either. ACROSS 1.   MALADY  – (mala-d-y) 4.   BIOPIC- (b-i-o-pic -film based on a person’s life, … Read more >>

I found this puzzle quite tricky, and a complete contrast from yesterday’s yawn.  There were a good number of colloquialisms, but some clever twists and one or two clues  which defeated me, q.v … Read more >>

Sorry for the delay – the crossword was only accessible to me this morning. Rather a lot of anagrams, I thought. ACROSS 1.    VISAGE  – (vie, to include sag) 4.    AMBIENCE  – (Ambi-val-ence … Read more >>