Financial Times 13,181 – Dante

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Monday Prize Crossword on 14 September 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>

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Independent 7,157 by Dac

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. A few unfamiliar terms for me here, though these were of course offset by the clueing which led the solver unambiguously toward the solutions. Across … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,189 / Gozo

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Nothing particularly difficult in today’s themed offering from Gozo. A few of the birds may not be familiar to some but they were easy enough to get from the wordplay. I think there … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,188 / Jason

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This enjoyable puzzle was a mix of straighforward clues and some tricky ones. It took me a while to unravel the wordplay for some of them, learning a few new words in the … Read more >>

Guardian 24,811 – Pasquale

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dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram As usual, the Don entertains, titillates and … Read more >>

Independent 7155 by Hypnos

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def This was an enjoyable puzzle with a good mixture of clues, which I found a little easier than some Monday offerings (possibly because it was … Read more >>

Guardian 24,810 / Rufus

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Back to traditional Monday fare with Rufus. Ernjoyable and pretty easy going, though with a couple of words that are perhaps slightly obscure. I have one or two minor quibbles, noted below. Key: … Read more >>