Some brilliant clues in this week’s plain puzzle.
Gemelo
Gemelo 45
Gemelo gives us a puzzle where the theme is clearly expressed in the clues There was a premble with this puzzle. Gemelo told us that ever since buying their greatest hits as a … Read more >>
Gemelo No. 44
A finely crafted puzzle this week. Solving the four long perimeter clues certainly helped lock the rest into place.
Gemelo No. 43
A standard Gemelo puzzle.
Gemelo No. 42
The very pleasant crossword that we have come to expect from Gemelo. There are several misleading and intricate pieces of wordplay.
My guess is that anyone who does these crosswords will have a copy of Chambers to hand and so won’t need everything to be spelled out. In the parsing I have confined myself to explaining when the wordplay is not immediately clear.
Gemelo No. 41
The original puzzle may be found here.
Following last week’s special, this is the expected plain puzzle from Gemelo.
Gemelo 40
Gemelo gives us a special puzzle this week where, for 12 entries, we have to put the opposite of the clue answer into the grid.
Gemelo No. 39
Apologies for the late blog…
Gemelo 38
Thanks to Gemelo for another ingeniously clued puzzle.
Gemelo No. 37
An excellent crossword, not easy but — as should be the case — its difficulties were conquerable with some persistence. It seems to me that, with one or two very very slight exceptions, Gemelo has been scrupulous in his accuracy.
My guess is that anyone who does these crosswords will have a copy of Chambers to hand and so won’t need everything to be spelled out. In the parsing I have confined myself to explaining when the wordplay is not immediately clear.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*
Gemelo 36
Gemelo in his usual Sunday Observer slot – probably be Azed today when this blog is published, as today is the first Sunday of the month.
Gemelo No. 35 – Bonus Shares
Really an ingenious special puzzle this week from Gemelo.
Gemelo No. 34
A medium-difficulty Gemelo this week.
Gemelo 33
Apologies for the late arrival of this blog. I’ve been away on holiday and had got my dates muddled up. In the interests of getting it published today I’ve kept the explanations brief: … Read more >>
Gemelo No. 32
Perhaps the most Azed-like puzzle from Gemelo yet.