Independent on Sunday 1028 by Quixote – 25 Oct 2009
This blog is scheduled a week later than normal as the entry date was put back to Wed 4 November because of the postal dispute. I found this a very easy puzzle, 13 … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,217 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword on 26 October 2009 dd = double definition dud = duplicate definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden … Read more >>
Guardian 24,848 – Araucaria
A cracking effort from Araucaria, that left me scratching my head for most of my lunchtime today. There’s often debate about what sort of knowledge is acceptable to assume on the part of … Read more >>
Independent 7193 by Dac
Excellent crossword, as usual, from Dac which I found easy enough, solving time 16 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 C (AND) ID 5 JEREMIAH Book of the Bible, my … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,225 / Io
It’s been six months to the day since we last saw Io and that is too long. I blogged his last puzzle and my opening comment was “Well, this one was different!” and … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,224 / Armonie
Apologies for the lateness of this one–I wrote out the answers thinking I would have time later in the day to fill in the explanations, and in the event I wasn’t able to … Read more >>
Independent 7,192 by Virgilius
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. A bit of an epic challenge this one. The theme is PEOPLE OF NOTE, so we have several composers, and also several US presidents, whose … Read more >>
Guardian 24847 – Bonxie
dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram After Enigmatist’s tough puzzle last week, this … Read more >>
Guardian 24846 / Rufus
A fun and quite quick puzzle to start the week. 12d and 25a were the troublesome ones for me. Across 1. COMPASS CO = “firm” + M = “a thousand” + PASS = … Read more >>
Independent 7191 by Mordred
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism Apologies for the late post, but I’ve been really under the cosh at work today and haven’t been able to find the time. … Read more >>
Azed 1952: Pervy gumshoes
An Azed with a mix of easyish and fairly difficult clues, and a few pretty obscure words, which made it interesting to solve. I think I will go for 17a as my favorite … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3291 (25th October)
. . Lorraine: Another straight forward puzzle this week, luckily for me as I was not really in the mood for puzzling today. Legend to solution comments: * = anagram. < = word … Read more >>
Genius 76 by Araucaria
I found this extremely tough, unlike some of the earlier offerings in the Genius series. I still have a problem explaining a few of the clues. The main difficulty was simply the obscurity … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,027 (25/10/09)
Apologies for the later than usual blog. I only found out yesterday that I was expected to work today. So anyway, here's Beelzebub 1,027, which I found to be a fair bit more … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 885 — Book, Film & TV by Salamanca
I printed this puzzle off on the day of its publication but set it aside due to work pressures. I intended to take it on holiday with me to Netherlands and Belgium. An … Read more >>