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The usual pleasing puzzle from Quixote. Quite easy, I found, solving time, 14 mins. Would recommend these puzzles to beginners, clues self-contained with little cultural knowledge required (either classical or modern) to solve. … Read more >>
… the Hispanic Welshman who would have been insulted by both 9a and 4d. The only bad thing about Shed crosswords are that they don’t come along often enough for my liking. Clever, … Read more >>
An easier-than-usual Mudd this week. Across 1. SHELLAC – HELL (very hot) in SAC (bag) 5. MINARET – ERA (time) reversed in MINT (perfect) 9. GRUFF – [ribbin]G + RUFF (frill) 10. REPUGNANT … Read more >>
A very, satisfying, toughish, puzzle with the puzzle number used thematically. Solving time, 29 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 4 KEBA BS (bake)* bs = US abbrev for ‘bullshit’ 9 … Read more >>
Many clues with the parts of speech and/or meanings in the wordplay and surface surprisingly different which made this quite an enjoyable puzzle. Quite a few single letter abbrevs as well — not … Read more >>
Solving time 16:22 Another feast of libertarianism from Paul, but I thought the long answer starting at 17 was just brilliant. Some rather whimsical answers too today – 21D had me scratching my … Read more >>
Rather harder than usual for Dac, I thought, but as usual it’s full of very nice clues. Across 1 TOSH – 2 mngs, not helped by the fact that the mate meaning is … Read more >>
Across 1 SECOND THOUGHTS: SECOND (back) THOUGHTS (ideas) 9 ERSATZ: anagram of RATES + Z (last letter) 10 BANDSMAN: &Lit 13 ARCANE: CAN in anagram of ERA 15 SHED: double definition 16 CROUTON: … Read more >>
* = anag, < = reversed, () = dropped letter A good mixture of clues, with some quite tough ones (like 8 across) and some fairly easy. I quite enjoyed it, but it … Read more >>
Across 1 TESTAMENT: the male organ is presumably STAMEN but I can’t get offensive from TET 9 THE BEGGARS OPERA: anagram of A BERG’S GREAT HOPE 10 ROUT: gROUT firing German (g) 14 … Read more >>
Solving time: 10 mins, one missing (13dn), one wrong (18ac) I love rhyming slang but was caught out today by one I didn’t know. 18ac is possibly my favourite clue so far this … Read more >>
Solved in three sittings totalling over 75 minutes. Quite a tough puzzle by Azed’s standards with a grid that didn’t offer a great deal of help from one section to another. I solved the … Read more >>
I ended up feeling slightly deflated by this puzzle. There were a couple of clues which I really liked, and several that I thought were a bit pedestrian. Maybe it was me that … Read more >>
Across 1 CONSCRIPTS: CON (study) + SCRIPTS 7 SEAN: SEdAN being heartless 10 DOLLS HOUSE: anagram of HULL DOES SO 11 CARPAL: CARP + ALl (almost all) 12 TWITCHER: WITCH in TER 13 … Read more >>
Nothing very controversial I think – the usual excellent crossword from Phi. Across 1 (a)UNTY PIC AL(l) 6 ONC(U [=for all to see])E 9 EV(OK)E 10 ARM STRONG. I think this is it: … Read more >>