Independent 7080 by Nimrod
Unusual puzzle. Got almost nothing on first run through. Then with three crossing letters saw what 8 was likely to be. After that made quite good progress, until getting badly stuck on 9. … Read more >>
Guardian 24,735 – Paul
A really enjoyable grid today, with a couple of royal references. There are some very clever clues in here, with distinctively misleading surfaces – I nearly stood up to applaud 20dn, it was … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1010 by Quixote (21 June 2009)
Solving time, 22 mins * = anagram 1 PAWN BROKE R & lit My last answer and my favourite clue 6 (D)(AVID) 9 ASPIRES Dreaming spires of Oxford 10 TO WARDS 13 DISORDERLINESS … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,103 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword on 15 June 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,102 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 13 I found this Mudd a bit of a challenge, especially the top-right corner. I particularly like 16A and 14D. Across 1. DEFECT – double … Read more >>
Independent 7,079 by Dac
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Top clueing from Dac as always. Perhaps a little tougher than is usual for a Wednesday, but it might be just me being slower than … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,111 / Cinephile
Being Wimbledon fortnight I suppose we might have had strawberries sometime but instead we got a single straw[berry] plus a lot of other berries. Pity there was no cream to go with them! … Read more >>
Guardian 24,734 / Enigmatist
I got off to a good start with this one by getting 1/8ac straight away, but struggled later on. There are quite a few clues that I can’t fully explain: as I’ve run … Read more >>
Independent 7,078/Tees
I struggled with yesterday’s puzzle, so was glad that this was easier to get into and finish. I can’t claim a 100% score though as I plumped for an incorrect guess at 23A. … Read more >>
Guardian 24733 / Gordius
Another quick post, I’m afraid – I hope there aren’t too many mistakes here. (I had a lot of trouble with this, which is pretty typical of my experience of Gordius’s puzzles.) Across … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,110 / Armonie
A pleasant, if fairly easy, puzzle today. Not too much to comment on here. Across 1 MEDICATION C (cold) in MEDIATION (good offices) 7 FLAT dd 9 HIND dd 10 ENTERPRISE ENTER (embark … Read more >>
Independent 7077 by Glow-worm
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def I had a torrid time with this. I missed the pub theme completely because I thought that 23 and 11 related to the answers in … Read more >>
Guardian 24,732 / Rufus
A particularly gentle, I thought, start to the week from Rufus, with the typical sprinkling of cryptic and double definitions, but more than the usual number of simple charades. Across 1 PARAMOUNT: … Read more >>
Private Eye/Cyclops 393 – Public chastity
Across 7 ENVELOP ENV[y] (POLE)* AInd: dancing 8 SLIGHT DD 9/16 PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION (DOMINANT POLICE BRUTES – [justic]E)* AInd: As broken up. What an apt long anagram and &Lit clue this was. Top … Read more >>
Azed 1,933
As usual with an Azed, I came across some words I had not met before, though all could be readily determined from the wordplay and a little help from Chambers. It took me a … Read more >>