Inquisitor 90 – Trick by Schadenfreude
We were presented with three sets of clues – 16 Thematic, 17 Across and 14 Down. There was no indication where the answer or , more correctly, the amended answer to each unnumbered … Read more >>
Independent 6847 by Nimrod
Extremely difficult and I failed with it, guessing two answers at the end which turned out to be wrong. There are a few others I do not understand either. As a late stand-in, … Read more >>
Today’s Independent – Sub required
I’m supposed to be blogging today but it doesn’t look like I’m going to get the opportunity. If one of the other bloggers can step in for me I would be very grateful. … Read more >>
Guardian, 24503/Rover
This was quite a fast puzzle to do, despite some of the vocabulary or meanings being unfamiliar to me, particularly in the north-east corner. There are couple of clues I wasn’t wild about, … Read more >>
FT No.12882, Set by Viking, 25 September, 2008
Some interesting clues this morning, and the left bottom corner gave me pause. 27d particularly troublesome. ACROSS 1. CORNET – (c-or-net) 4. KEYBOARD – key board – cryptic definition. Board as in board … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 971 by Quixote (21 Sep 2008)
Solving time, 17 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 TAROT CARDS (Trad actors)* 8 S (TICK) UM New word to me that I worked out from the clear wordplay – … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,872 by Cincinnus
The Weekend Prize Puzzle from 13 September 2008 It must be obvious that I am fairly good at FT puzzles but I am not a particularly fast solver. It does happen once in … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,873 – Dante
From Monday Prize Puzzle on 15 September 2008 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = … Read more >>
Independent 6846 by Dac
The usual excellent puzzle by Dac – solving time. 16 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 (Union) JACK S T RAW war< a good surface reading 6 REBUS Double definition, … Read more >>
FINANCIAL TIMES 12,881 by CINEPHILE
A themed offering from Cinephile today with the instruction that ‘the parts share the stage’. This meant that having determined the first character (in my case Marcellus) the rest were relatively easy to … Read more >>
Guardian 24502/Orlando
I think I’m fortunate to have been allocated a reasonable puzzle for my first blog – straightforward and fair without being too easy to be interesting. A couple of old crossword favourites, 12ac … Read more >>
Independent 6,845/Virgilius
A very interesting puzzle indeed. The theme is Ambrose Bierce’s ‘Devil’s Dictionary’, from which 8 clues/answers are word-for-word definitions/entries. It’s perhaps a bit much to expect people to be able to get these … Read more >>
Guardian 24,501 – Gordius
dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram An enjoyable set of clues which were … Read more >>
Financial Times 12880 / Neo
An enjoyable crossword with a couple of clues having intricate elements in wordplay. Since I began blogging here, this is the third Neo puzzle that I solved, the other two being 12719 and … Read more >>
Independent 6844 by Hypnos
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed I found this extremely difficult. Hypnos seems to have an ability always to come up with the synonym or phrase that I would never think of and this was no … Read more >>