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As is often the case with Brummie, this turned out easier than it appeared at first sight. A nice variety of clues, though, with only 1d being a bit of a disappointment … Read more >>
Thanks Punk, this was fun! There were fewer clues to solve than usual but there were some long answers that took a bit of head scratching to sort out. (Thanks and apologies to the … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 7 Rather typical Dante puzzle (to be found at the FT website) but I need help on two clues: 8ac and 6d. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 5, 2013 This is probably only the second or third Dogberry I have done. I got through it fairly easily except for 4A (although in … Read more >>
PeeDee is away on holiday so I get another opportunity to return to what used to be my customary Wednesday FT slot. I found parts of this one rather tricky, not helped by … Read more >>
Dac is at home today in his regular Wednesday slot. A set of smooth, sound and concise clues, up to Dac’s usual high standard, which offered me a decent work-out to start the … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26080.
A complicated rubric, giving little away! Down clues must undergo schism, generating a pair of answers in the order shown. Solvers must respond to a request in ODQ when entering across answers, and … Read more >>
(Apologies for being later than usual with this blog – partly because the online version of the puzzle came much later than usual, thus conflicting with the other to-dos I had today, and … Read more >>
Although I was only away for a week, I missed two blogging slots, so my thanks to Writinghawk and Gaufrid for standing in for me. And what a treat to come back to … Read more >>
Radian is a monthly contributor to the daily Independent crossword series. The puzzles often contain cross references as is the case today Today, 15th October, is ADA LOVELACE day, an annual … Read more >>
While this puzzle has a varied selection of types of clue, I was unhappy with a few of them. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 12th Edition. Most of the standard … Read more >>
All very pleasant and straightforward from Rufus today. My favourites were 19ac and 3dn. Across 1 Tyrannise work force (7) OPPRESS =”Tyrannise”. OP=”work” plus PRESS=”force” 5 Mature pine lasting many years (3-4) AGE-LONG … Read more >>
*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone An inventive and accessible crossword from Morph. There was occasionally some eccentric and groan-worthy cluing (such as in 1 across and … Read more >>
Another fun-packed episode from our one-eyed friend This was classic Eye fare with the usual parochial nicknames littered among the clues, which of course have disreputable surface readings, and the central row answer … Read more >>