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Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 20 Pretty much standard fare from Dante. Quite a few anagram-based clued and at one point four double definitions in a row! But some really nice ones too (e.g. 13ac … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 18, 2014 This was a quick and easy solve for me. My top clues are 25a (MERGANSER) and 5d (WHISTLE-BLOWER). ACROSS 1 Exact time to … Read more >>
Last Saturday’s marvellous York meeting was not just about beer, wine and cider. Or Wein Weib und Gesang as it was called centuries ago. The incomparable John Henderson gave us a lecture in … Read more >>
For anyone who wasn’t there last Saturday at the brilliant S&B event in York (and for the ones that lost their hard-copy of this puzzle), Windsurfer’s contribution can be found here: Windsurfer @ York. … Read more >>
Dalibor gave us a different kind of cryptic, one more closely related to barred puzzles. Anyone still wanting to tackle this puzzle can find it here: Dalibor @ York. So don’t read any … Read more >>
Great puzzle from Monk. The last couple of puzzles I blogged from Monk had some easier sections and I was beginning to wonder if Monk was mellowing a little.
I have been asked to sound out opinion as to the feasibility of having a get-together of solvers in Australia, similar to the S&B gatherings that we have here in the UK, sometime … Read more >>
Enigmatist told me he was on today at the weekend, so I’ve had a few days to dread this.
Quixote’s usual very satisfactory and sound crossword, a good replacement when there is no Dac on a Wednesday.
Definitions (apart from in 1ac, which I’m not sure about) underlined. [I wasn’t sure about it, but I am now, so the definition is underlined]
Schadenfreude is back again. I paraphrase: “Each of 18 clues has a redundant word with one letter in common with its answer. These letters define the phrase to be entered in empty … Read more >>
I don’t know what has happened to today’s scheduled blogger but something has obviously prevented him from turning up. My apologies for the late appearance of this post which, in the interest of … Read more >>
An ‘ancient Greek leader’ informed us that todays’s puzzle was very significant. It is Anax’s 100th Indy puzzle, the first appearing on July 9th 2009. It was blogged by beermagnet who was … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26402.
Jane and I would like to thank everyone for making the (first) Sloggers and Betters York weekend such an amazing event. We were 22 on the Friday pub quiz crawl and exactly sixty … Read more >>
An enjoyable crossword with a nice mixture of clues, generally on the easy side. My only quibbles with with 3 and 17 Across 1. Setting forth out of the post office, then south, … Read more >>