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Across 1 JACK,INK<,FED 10 (A QUIET COVE)* – EQUIVOCATE. “Divers” is the misleading anagram indicator here as it’s another spelling of “diverse”. 11 SU(NB)ED 14 PETER SELLERS? – haven’t the faintest idea if … Read more >>
Loved this puzzle! Great stuff from Lato. I (HI) can’t take much credit for solving it though. A weekend’s windsurfing left me exhausted physically and in no state mentally to tackle some very … Read more >>
Raced through a few easier clues, and then struggled a bit with this. Eventually got the four longer references to 22 (RHYME) around the edges of the grid, which helped a little. Had … Read more >>
An impressive puzzle where every clue has a sporty feel to it (although 2 and 3 seem to be stretching things a bit). Some very clever stuff here and more than one excellent … Read more >>
A WEEDY PADDOCK This one gave me a few headaches, particularly the word play of 30a, and SATORI led me cleverly astray in a few clues. ACROSS 1. RESIST – (‘rest’- to include … Read more >>
Solving time, just under 20 mins. * = anagram < = reversed 1 DISSEMBLANCE SE in (Lib Dems can)* 9 L EASE L END Usually known as Lend-Lease but both alternatives are in … Read more >>
Perhaps slightly harder to get into than some FT crosswords but once started there were no major difficulties, apart from 26a which took me a while to see the wordplay even though the answer … Read more >>
From FT Monday Prize Crossword 21st July 2008 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = … Read more >>
One or two I’m not quite sure about but a typically high-class thing from Dac. Across 1 BAND AGED 6 PAGODA – I think this is (do gap)rev. a, although I’m not sure. … Read more >>
The on-line image was smaller than usual today and I couldn’t read some of the clues either on-screen or when printed out (normal size or enlarged) so I had to actually buy a … Read more >>
* = anagram () = removed [] = charade “” = homophone cd = cryptic definition dd = double definition Medium difficulty but very entertaining with some inventive cluing (9A is a favourite), … Read more >>
I found this pretty tough going, not least because I completely failed to see what was going on until very late on. The theme is the Old Testamant (6D), books of which can … Read more >>
I solved Ac 7,10,12,15,18,20,24,25,29 when I had to move to the Dn set where I got 6,7,8,15,25,16,19,29 before all the others. The top left corner was the last to be completed. Last Tuesday … Read more >>
Paul’s name always tells us that the puzzle will be tough but fun, and so it was with this one. It looked particularly daunting at first with some long answers and lots of … Read more >>
dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram I have just been told that this … Read more >>