Financial Times 13,115 – Mudd

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Monday Prize Crossword on 29 June 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>

Independent 7091 by Dac

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Top quality puzzle from Dac, great variety, subtlety and no loose ends.  Solving time, 28 mins. * = anagram  < = reversed 1 TO PIC   “pick”   ‘to’ appearing as itself in the wordplay … Read more >>

Azed 1,935

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My apologies for this being posted later than usual. There appears to have been a problem with the scheduled blog. As with my Azed blog a couple of weeks back, I didn’t know I … Read more >>

Guardian 24746 / Gordius

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Quite fun today, and not too hard… Across 1. BRONCO BRO[w]N + CO = “firm” 4. ASPIRE A + SPIRE = “sprout” (as an intransitive verb) 9. DALI Hidden answer 10. STOKE POGES … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,122 / Phssthpok

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Pretty straightforward, although 25 across still puzzles me.  Across 1 UNRECOGNISABLE *(LOG CABIN ENSURE) 10 HAWKS dd 11 COVER SLIP From COVERS LIP (what a moustache does).  A cover slip is the bit … Read more >>

Independent 7090/Tyrus

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Phew! I think that was about as difficult a crossword as I’ve ever done. After nearly an hour less than half of it was completed, so I resigned myself to the full panoply … Read more >>

Independent 7089 by Mordred

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def Doing the Monday blog, I seem to get a disproportionate number of tough puzzles and this was no exception. There was an ice-skating related NINA … Read more >>

Everyman 3724

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Definitely a bit harder to get going this week. The double definitions seemed to often require very specific knowlege for the second definition, and the two word clues (except 4dn which was my … Read more >>