Financial Times 13,183 / Aardvark

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Some good, misleading surfaces today with a few different anagram indicators, eg ‘building’, ‘created’, ‘rocking’ and ‘bumping’. There were two unfamiliar words, 13a and 14d, which unfortunately intersected, and the latter needed a … Read more >>

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Guardian 24,806 / Chifonie

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I found this mostly very easy, with just a few clues preventing a complete walkover. I have quibbles about 12ac, 18ac and 3dn, but generally it was all pretty sound, if not terribly … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,182 / Neo

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Some amusing clues from Neo today.  Across 1 AIR HOSTESS *(IS AS OTHERS) 7 PAVE P + AVE (prayer) 9 LYRA L (close to “lethal”) + *(RAY) 10 SECULARIST *(LETS ICARUS) 11 FLY-TIP … Read more >>

Independent 7,150 by Monk

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. A challenging one, as can be expected from Monk, and Tuesday Independents in general. I’m not quite sure about 17ac, but I think I’m close. … Read more >>

Independent 7149 by Glow-worm

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def An interesting puzzle about a personality of whom I knew very little. I don’t think the compiler can claim too much credit for the anagram … Read more >>

Azed 1945: Are you looking at my bird?

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An Azed with some nicely challenging clues this week. I managed to complete it without a dictionary, while watching England lose the first ODI at Lord’s — though I did need to double-check … Read more >>

Everyman 3284

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No big surprises here and nothing very difficult. There do seem to be a lot of word or part word reversals in this one. The main point of note is a rare but … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,020 (06/09/09)

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Satisfying puzzle as always. Seemed to be a relatively quick solve for me, but I don't time these things so it could be an illusion. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. … Read more >>