Independent 7,505/Phi

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Phi gets bumped from his usual Friday slot for the second week running, this time hopefully to make way for a Bonfire Night/Diwali special tomorrow! This was the usual high quality, neatly clued, … Read more >>

Guardian 25,159 – Araucaria

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A moderately tricky Araucaria with some interestingly linked clues and a lot of amusement as always. There are also quite a few of his characteristic liberties, which I’ve noted in the comments below. … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,525 – Dante

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Monday Prize Crossword on 25 October 2010 Unfortunately, someone made a small error in the grid resulting in the first and last Across answers not fitting the extra space provided. This also played … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,524 by Mudd

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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 23 This strikes me as a rather pedestrian puzzle. I particularly like 23A (ARC) and 16D (DOWNSTAIRS). Across 9. CASTOR OIL – O (old) in … Read more >>

Guardian 25,158 – Brummie

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Enjoyable puzzle today with nothing too difficult and a cute mini-theme. Across 1 TIEBACK TIE=”match” + BACK=”second” 5,8 NUCLEAR REACTION “He commonly”=>’E + EQUALS EMCEE SQUARED, which describes the mass-energy equivalence demonstrated by … Read more >>

Independent 7504/Dac

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As usual a beautifully elegant construction from Dac. All the clues lead to their solutions with crystalline ease, and they can nearly all be explained in simple logical ways without resort to references, … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,532 / Neo

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A quick solve from Neo today.  Nothing especially commentworthy, but I enjoyed 21 across and 15 down, among others. Across 8 AGOUTI OUT (in the open) in A GI (an American soldier) 9 … Read more >>

Guardian 25,156 / Rufus

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Sorry for the very late post – I’ve been a bit overwhelmed today, and only just got a chance to rush out this post. Apologies for any errors or omissions… Across 1. PROPELLOR … Read more >>