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Another typically solid puzzle from Orense (does anyone know whether the correct pronunciation is O-rense or Oar-ense? I’ve always wondered.). One answer entered more in hope than expectation at 7D. Across 1 BUFFER … Read more >>
Apologies, I’ll need to be brief today, so won’t be able to give this the full treatment it deserves. I found this to be a tough but very enjoyable puzzle from Nestor. I … Read more >>
The usual enjoyable bag of tricks from Quixote. A couple of inventive clues stood out for us: 6 down and 17 across. ACROSS 1. KOPECK ‘ok’ backwards, followed by peck ‘a little kiss’ … Read more >>
Good fun from Orlando today with a theme of famous Belgians, and a few references to Belgium in some of the clues as well. Sound and inventive clueing throughout, with some trickily-concealed defintiions … Read more >>
Each across answer produces a single clash with a down answer, the latter being the grid entry. The unentered letters are one definition of 7d, which itself cryptically indicates one item in each … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword on 15 March 2010 Quite a varied potpourri of not-too-difficult clues. Very fair and entertaining. ACROSS 1,28 MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET Allusion to the fact that the Channel Tunnel was … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 15 I remember FT puzzle number 10,000 and now here we are a third of the way through another batch of 10,000. Cincinnus marks the … Read more >>
Found this fairly easy for a Paul, and one with a little theme of Yorkshire towns at that. Several lovely and inventive clues. Across 1 SPONSOR S[econd] + NS=”team” in bridge inside POOR=”poxy” … Read more >>
Not the easiest Dac puzzle, I thought. The explanation of two or three answers still eludes me, but no doubt someone will explain. The two symmetrical pairs of eight-letter answers look significant, but … Read more >>
I found this to be something of a mixture, some very easy and obvious clues and others where the wordplay was convoluted and difficult to parse. The result was that about 20% of the … Read more >>
I was just thinking that it had been a little while since we had seen Neo. Here he is with a fresh collection of clues. I found these to be high on inventiveness … Read more >>
Enjoyable, themed, puzzle from Tees, solving time 38 mins. Very impressed with how much themed material was in the grid, without sign of strain with other answers. * = anagram < = reversed … Read more >>
What a challenging puzzle this has been even thought there was an evident mini-theme. I had to check Chambers at least five times for new words that I have never seen before and … Read more >>
A quick solve for me, but with lots of smiles along the way, as usual with Rufus’s puzzles. Across 1. REFUSAL (FARULES)* 5. ANAEMIA Cryptic definition 9. NATAL Double definition 10. PATRIOTIC Cryptic … Read more >>
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism This was one of those puzzles where I spent more time working out the logic behind some of the answers than I did filling … Read more >>