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Crossword Masterclasses – a message from Boatman – Second Update

Fri April 12, 2013 at 3:34 pm by Admin

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Financial Times 14,285 by Wanderer

Fri April 12, 2013 at 10:10 am by Jed

Welcome offering from new-to-me compiler Across 1 SONGBOOK collection of musical scores SON (relative) G[oal] BOOK (reserve) 5 OCTAVO book size (OV[er]COAT)* 10 WHEELIE bike move ELI (priest) in … Read more >>

Independent 8266 / Phi

Fri September 1, 2017 at 1:29 pmFri April 12, 2013 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

It’s Friday and it’s a puzzle by Phi so all’s well in the crossword world. There were some interesting clues in today’s offering. I remember a boring summer in the … Read more >>

Guardian 25,920 – Puck

Fri April 12, 2013 at 9:10 amFri April 12, 2013 at 1:15 am by Andrew

A very enjoyable puzzle from Puck, with lots of clever and tricky clueing. I thought 14a was particularly good (after I realised it wasn’t just a cryptic definition), but there were many others … Read more >>

Independent 8265/Anax

Thu April 11, 2013 at 11:34 am by John

As we always expect nowadays, a thoroughly good workout from Anax that I thought was, for him, on the marginally easy side. The clues are tight and efficient and some of them quite … Read more >>

Guardian 25,919 – Paul

Thu April 11, 2013 at 11:24 am by manehi

Paul at his cheekiest, if not his most difficult. Across 1 GOBBLER double def =”One eating”; =”turkey” 5 ADVANCE =”Go on” A + TRIP=”dance” around V[enezuelan] 10 SAGA =”story” SAG=”Drop” + A 11 … Read more >>

Financial Times no.14,284 by Orense

Thu April 11, 2013 at 9:39 am by Ringo

Much to enjoy in this offering from Orense. Nothing too challenging, so a fairly quick solve, but a fun one, too. Yes, there’s a theme, which as regular readers (Sid and Doris Bonkers) … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,275 – Dante

Thu April 11, 2013 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Apr 1 This Dante crossword was published on the 1st of April but lacked any topical clues. No references to the day, instead a lot of anagrams and the usual smoothness typical … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,274 by Cinephile

Thu April 11, 2013 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 30, 2013 I think the puzzle is a mixed bag. The fairly obvious theme made many of the clues easy but there are four answers … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,283 / Hamilton

Wed April 10, 2013 at 8:27 am by Gaufrid

It makes a change to know in advance that I am going to cover a particular puzzle, rather than having to write a post at the last minute, and this is a temporary … Read more >>

Independent 8264 / Dac

Wed April 10, 2013 at 7:44 am by Bertandjoyce

As usual, a great puzzle from Dac with excellent surfaces, ingenious clue constructions and a good mix of fairly straightforward clues and some which challenged the grey matter. We found it hard to … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,918, by Brendan

Wed April 10, 2013 at 4:05 pmWed April 10, 2013 at 4:22 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25918.

Inquisitor 1275: Divisions by Stan

Wed April 10, 2013 at 12:01 am by kenmac

Inquisitor 1275 Preamble: The wordplay in each clue leads to the answer plus an extra letter. These letters, in clue order, suggest how solvers should draw six straight lines, including two for guidance, … Read more >>

Financial Times 14282 Phssthpok

Tue April 9, 2013 at 6:01 pmTue April 9, 2013 at 9:44 am by scchua

I’ve always enjoyed Phssthpok’s puzzles, but I enjoyed this one a bit less. I think it was partly due to the iffy/fuzzy definitions/synonyms. I still managed to finish it, though. So thanks to … Read more >>

Independent 8,263 / Radian

Sat April 13, 2013 at 10:34 amTue April 9, 2013 at 8:25 am by RatkojaRiku

It is Tuesday morning, so you can never quite be sure which compiler you will have to pit your wits against, but you can be almost sure that you will have some theme … Read more >>