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Preamble: Across and down answers clash in 10 cells. Read from left to right, these give a case of mistaken identity, which must be resolved in favour of the correct identity, the mistaken … Read more >>
This is my first encounter with Donk as a blogger and only my second or third with him as a solver, although I may well have caught sight of him recently on the … Read more >>
A very slightly harder Armonie today, but good. Thanks Armonie. I noted the number of repeated words in the clues: “beer”(1a/12a), “girl”(14a/21a), “speed”(11a/22a), “knight”(2d/4d), “number”(7d/8d), “nothing”(11a/28a), and wondered if it was deliberate? If … Read more >>
Quite a smart work-out this morning but having some problems parsing a couple of clues. Across 1 APPEAL Shock inclusion of exiled premier brings call for dismissal (6) Ins of E (first letter … Read more >>
Challenging and really entertaining – need help explaining 26 across Across 8 IDLE out of a job (Eric – Monty Python) 9 CHATELAINE mistress of castle CHAT (talk) ELAINE … Read more >>
It’s Chifonie, rather than Rufus, who’s providing today’s customary ‘gentle start’ to the week, with plenty of anagrams and charades but no cryptic definitions, as far as I can see – and a … Read more >>
A typical Quiptic puzzle by Hectence, none too taxing. Thank you Hectence. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The 4 pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle.]] Across 1 Messed up … Read more >>
I thought this was a lovely Sunday puzzle from Poins – not too fiendish, in the IoS style, but plenty of nice misdirection and some smiley moments. I have only one tiny niggle. … Read more >>
Everyman’s usual mix of fine clues, with nothing that I saw as too obscure or difficult. Across 1. Girl having a short walk (6) ASTRID A charade of ‘a’ plus STRID[e] (‘short walk’). … Read more >>
Another moderately easy Azed to start the new year, where I was helped by getting the long answer at 1d. Unusually I have a couple of nitpicks (15a and 21d) but apart from … Read more >>
It’s the first Saturday prize puzzle of 2013, and it looks like we’re in trouble! Instead of the usual New Year wishes and pleasantries, we received A GOOD TALKING TO, followed by A … Read more >>
I have blogged some pretty difficult Araucaria puzzles – and this one, as it happens, was not one of them – but this preamble, I think, must be the most difficult I’ve had … Read more >>
Sorry I’m a little late in publishing this.
I thought we’d had a Raich offering relatively recently, but a quick check tells me we haven’t had one for around 15 months. In any case, there’s been a common feature in the themes of the last few Raichs – what about this one?
As always on Fridays a good puzzle from Phi. More than the usual number of words were at least unfamiliar, and in one case I had to cheat and click ‘Reveal’, but the clueing was … Read more >>
Smooth work out to start the day Across 1 CORRESPONDENCE dd 10 CLEAN (complete) hidden in [mira]CLE AN[tedote] 11 DISMANTLE (strip) DI (princess) (LAMENTS)* 12 CHANNEL dd 13 TEMPERA … Read more >>