EV 876 What You’ve Got To Do by Syd Lexis
With the preamble stating that there were 5 normal clues and 5 lines breaking up two misspelt words in the quotation there was clearly a connection. I found the clues easy enough (except … Read more >>
Guardian 24,790 – Logodaedalus
Solving and blogging in a rush today – thankfully, I found it fairly easy with the exception of 24ac which I’m unsure on. Liked 4dn. Across 1 MASTERLY (steam)* + RLY 5 PAMPAS … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,167 / Cincinnus
On the easy side today, though I did have to look up UZI and BERG. All the long clues were specially good. Favourites: 10A, 12A, 3D and the little one at 25D. Across … Read more >>
Independent 7135/Phi
I wasn’t sure how easy this was since I chose to solve it online after midnight, being busy late on Friday morning and not wanting to get up safely early, but there are … Read more >>
Inquisitor 138 – LANDED by Loda
Back from walking in the Pyrenees – let’s hope this puzzle isn’t as controversial as #133! Three (unspecified) answers are to be modified before entry, and answers to the eight italicised clues each … Read more >>
Independent 7,134/Tees
Nice stuff from Tees. Some excellent clues here, though there are one ot two I can’t quite piece together, so any pointers appreciated. This looks like the kind of grid which screams Nina, … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,166 / Sleuth
A pangrammatic puzzle today with a good mixture of clue types. A minor quibble with 31a in that both ‘beaten’ and ‘beeton’ could be entered into the grid and, depending upon how one … Read more >>
Guardian 24,789 / Paul
After yesterday’s struggles with Enigmatist, I found this one mostly quite easy, except that 7dn stumped me for ages, and caused some problems with its crossing words too. Some tricky wordplay here, and … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1019 by Quixote (23 Aug 2009)
I found this very easy, solving time 11 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 4 FIRE D RILL 7 DEL(p)HI Definition/wordplay splits at capital/city 9 RE(A)CTOR 10 NOT HALF 11 SEE … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,151 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword on 17 August 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,156 by Cincinnus
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 15 I did this puzzle on a flight from London to the US returning from my summer vacation. I found it good as always although … Read more >>
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Guardian 24,788 – Enigmatist
OK I have to admit defeat today – I really enjoyed the novelty of the elaborately long down clues but ended up unable to explain 16ac or completely nail 7dn. Across 8. SPACEMAN. … Read more >>
Independent 7,133 by Dac
Seamless clueing as always. Mostly straightforward, but there were a few terms, or at least definitions, I wasn’t familiar with. Still, everything came together nicely as expected. I was particularly taken with one … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,165 / Monk
A most enjoyable challenge from Monk today though I wasn’t too happy with the clue for 1d which seemed a little lazy. There are many words consisting of only the first seven letters … Read more >>