Gemelo seems to be settling nicely into the Sunday slot. His puzzles have a bit of a different feel to Azed’s (in a way that’s hard to put my finger on) but are enjoyable and well constructed nonetheless, so thanks to him for this one.
Gemelo
Gemelo No. 6 – plain
Gemelo has settled nicely into his slot. I enjoyed this. No major criticisms and good surfaces, everything sound so far as I can see. Definitions underlined, in crimson. anagram indicators in italics. ACROSS … Read more >>
Gemelo No. 5 – Special mentions
Each clue contains the name of a picture that has won the Oscar for Best Picture
Gemelo 4
Gemelo presents his fourth Observer Sunday cryptic crossword and gives me my first opportunity to blog his Sunday work. I have, however, blogged a number of puzzles under his alter ego, Twin, in the Independent series.
Gemelo No. 3
My first Gemelo.
Gemelo 2
Gemelo’s second puzzle continues to show his promise as a (partial) successor for Azed.
Gemelo No. 1
I have the honour of blogging Gemelo’s first puzzle in The Observer, and very nice it is too: fairly similar in difficulty to Azed and the clues are so far as I can see sound, with pleasantly convincing surfaces. The only apparent difference from Azed is that two of the answers have all their letters checked, something I don’t remember from Azed.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*.