Posted by bridgesong on 25th June 2008
I offered to do this blog, then discovered that I had thrown out my copy of the solution, which doesn’t yet appear to be available on the Guardian/Observer website, so I had to solve it for a second time, but without an up to date Chambers. This time it took about half an hour, but it was much longer the first time. Quite a lot of unfamiliar words this week.
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Posted by Ali on 25th June 2008
Definitely harder than the average Dac I thought, with some lesser known words here and there. Good clues as ever though.
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Posted by Uncle Yap on 25th June 2008
Common abbreviations used
dd = double definition
cd = cryptic definition
rev = reversed or reversal
ins = insertion
cha = charade
* = anagram
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Posted by Uncle Yap on 25th June 2008
Common abbreviations used
dd = double definition
cd = cryptic definition
rev = reversed or reversal
ins = insertion
cha = charade
* = anagram
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