Guardian 24137 Araucaria Posted by Simply_Simon July 24th 2007
Across 1 COQUET 4ALNMOUTH This was my start point. It looked like an anagram, and that gave me 21 across. 10 AND OR RAN 11 IN DISC R IM IN ATE 12 PRE … Read more >>
Independent 6480 by Virgilius – Reversals and much more
Even by Virgilius’ exalted standards, I thought this was really special – famous names reversed being a big part of it. The theme revealed itself gradually as the grid filled up. Solving … Read more >>
FT 12518 / Flimsy – Straightforward(ish)
Solving Time: 14 minutes Fairly straightforward fare with a couple of nice off-the-wall clues. Bit baffled by 24 down. ACROSS * = Anagram (r) = Reversal (CD) = Cryptic definition 1 MEMBER (RE)MEMBER 5 … Read more >>
Independent 6479 by Tees
Across 1 LOTHARIO – T + HARI in LOO 10 COMIC – COSMIC minus S (close to tears) 11 SEA URCHIN – SEA(U)RCH + IN 16 DONKEY – DON + KEY 26 ENNUI … Read more >>
Guardian 24136/Rufus – oops
Quite a few cryptic definitions again this week – some are good, some less so. But that judgment all depends on your mood I suppose. When I don’t like a CD, I suspect … Read more >>
Everyman 3172 (15-07-07)
Across 1 BY (“buy”) CHOICE – “on the phone” is your homophone indicator. 12 NO MAN IS AN ISLAND – I think I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen this … Read more >>
Azed 1833 – Unfair to dumb blondes?
Solving time 48 mins, no Chambers until grid complete, 2 mistakes (32,33) Don Manley said in a recent comment how glad he was to see Azed returning to this blog, and mentioned the … Read more >>
FT 12,515 by Adamant
Please excuse the late posting; I was not near a PC earlier in the day. This proved to be just the right flavour of puzzle for my footloose Friday, not overly challenging or … Read more >>
Guardian 24,129 (Sat 14 Jul)/Araucaria – Bulls and Bears
Solving time: 30 minutes, but needed to look up 17ac, made a mistake (4dn) and can’t fathom 18ac. I found this pretty difficult, and took a long time to work out what ‘5ac … Read more >>
FT – setters page updated
I’ve updated the setters page today with details about the FT setters.
Independent 6477 / Phi Pleasant stroll
Solving Time: 19 minutes Another reliable enjoyable puzzle from Phi. Nothing too taxing today, although 4 across held me up for a little while. Not too many anagrams today, either. ACROSS * = ANAGRAM … Read more >>
Independent 6472 (14-07-07)/Nimrod
The first thing you noticed about this puzzle was that some of the clues were prefixed and suffixed with “(see [another clue number])…” – one clue referred to another and that one to … Read more >>
Inquisitor 28/Schadenfreude – Changing Places
There aren’t many things more satisfying than that moment when solvers of the Inquisitor or The Listener experience when the device the setter has used to complicate the puzzle reveals itself. A light-bulb … Read more >>
Guardian 24134/Brendan – musical
I think the theme might be music since 26 clues out of 26 are related to music. Typical fine Brendanian surfaces: sensible and consistent. In order to understand themes, PeterB always recommends taking … Read more >>
Independent 6476/Scorpion – Eric and Ernie
No two ways about it, Scorpion’s tricky. Thursday is also the day of the week I have least time for solving and blogging so apologies that this is a little late. I cracked … Read more >>