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Day: 22 December 2006

Guardian 23,956 by Chifonie: Soup, stew or curry?

Fri December 22, 2006 at 2:07 pm by michod

Not as hard as some Friday puzzles, but containing one or two relatively obscure words and sub-words with a capacity to frustrate. Took me about 20 minutes over a leisurely breakfast. A lot of clues … Read more >>

Categories Guardian 2 Comments

Independent on Sunday 879 by Quixote – trouble in the SW corner

Fri December 22, 2006 at 11:06 am by nmsindy

I thought this was going to be reasonably straightforward until I hit stormy weather in the SW corner (points covered in notes below).    Solving time  34 mins  (slower than usual for me for Quixote) … Read more >>

Categories Independent 2 Comments

Independent 6298/Nimrod

Fri December 22, 2006 at 9:54 am by neildubya

Another one of “those” grids from Nimrod, with only 9 (count ’em) across clues and 5 of those have 15 letters. It’s been said before, here and elsewhere, that the problem with this … Read more >>

Categories Independent 6 Comments

Independent Weekend #598 – SQUARES by JUDE

Fri December 3, 2010 at 6:26 pmFri December 22, 2006 at 12:07 am by petebiddlecombe

This is a sample review to show what you can expect in the New Year, when we hope to cover this puzzle every week. Jude is Mike Laws, editor of this puzzle. On … Read more >>

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