Independent 7224 by Mordred

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Thursday is usually the toughest midweek day in the Indy.   This was hard, but not exceptionally so, 35 mins.    Top half easier than bottom half.   Very enjoyable puzzle with some intricate wordplay and … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,256/Mudd

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A little bit of everything in here, including an admirable “path less travelled” at 7D, and a Daliesque departure at 22A. Across 1 TACKLE – (elk + cat)<.  Somewhat surprisingly, I cannot recall … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,246 by Mudd

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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 28 I enjoyed this puzzle from Mudd. I especially liked 25A, 28A and 2D. Across 1. BRIGHT – double definition 4. DETACHED – TED backwards … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,247 – Crux

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Monday Prize Crossword on 30 November 2009 dd = double definition tichy = tongue-in-cheek type cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden … Read more >>

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Independent 7,223 by Dac

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I found this mostly quite straightforward, with lots of double definitions and simple charades. Still the final four took about as long as the rest put together. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,254 / Phssthpok

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Some nicely tricky clues today.  I am still unsure about the solution for 10 across, though. Across 1 FENCES dd 5 SIGNPOST SIGN (write name) POST (letters) 9 PERSONAL hidden in paPERS ON … Read more >>

Independent 7222/Punk

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Punk has clearly been very clever getting all those 13 24s in, but unfortunately I’m not the person to appreciate all his subtleties. Most of this seemed very good, but the odd one … Read more >>

Guardian 24,876 – Rufus

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A welcome break from late night measure theory… pretty quick, with quite a few straightforward cryptic defs and anagrams. Across 1 ACCOLADE as in the conferring of knighthood, which involves “raising the subject … Read more >>