Independent 6849/Nestor (Prize puzzle 27-09-08)
I enjoyed this one a great deal. I had the grid filled in reasonably quickly but then had to go over half a dozen or so clues where I’d filled in the answer … Read more >>
Independent 6853 by Punk
Pleasing puzzle from this imaginative setter which I found on the easy side, but made one mistake – thank’s for explaining it below, Geoff. * = anagram 1 SMELLING SALTS Tip-top double definition … Read more >>
FT, 12,888, set by Jason, October 2, 2008
It’s a fair cop! Theme of ‘places of confinement’ today, but a light-hearted puzzle in spite of its subject. ACROSS 1. PRISON – ( p-<no sir – the theme of the puzzle and … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 972 by Quixote (28 Sep 2008)
Note that in (another) relaunch, the crossword has moved back towards the end of the main paper p. 101 of 104 in my edition. Solving time, 17 mins. * = anagram < = … Read more >>
Guardian 24,509 (Shed)
Across 1 FORGERY: ER in F ORGY 5 RUSSIFY: reversed and hidden in rockY FISSURe 10 VICE: double definition 11 CARCINOGEN: anagram of CIGaR ONE CAN without an ‘a’ (wanting) 12 GANNET: ANN … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,878 by Mudd
Mudd gave us a few sterling clues in this puzzle (2D, 18D, 26D), one that I think is weak (19D). Across 1. WOMBAT – TAB (bill) + MOW (cut) all backwards 4. BLACKOUT … Read more >>
Financial Times 12,879 – Falcon
From Monday Prize Puzzle on 22 September 2008 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = … Read more >>
Independent 6,852/Dac
Great stuff as ever from Dac. Lots of nice clues with great surface readings, and all of them fair. Across 1 REBUSES – RE,BUSES – Easy enough, but as neat a surface reading … Read more >>
FINANCIAL TIMES 12,887 by GOZO
It wasn’t too difficult to spot this week’s theme! (as if we haven’t seen enough water this summer 🙂 A couple of the rivers are a little obscure but easy enough to determine … Read more >>
Guardian 24,508/Boatman
Boatman is a name I’m not familiar with – maybe a new addition to the Guardian stable? As a result I had no idea what to expect from this puzzle, but it turned … Read more >>
Independent 6851/Radian
I have only recently become aware of Radian, which suggests that he hasn’t been around for long. But with this crossword I had no feeling that he was in any way a novice: … Read more >>
Financial Times 12886 / Quark
The puzzle didn’t pose much difficulty. For me the bottom left corner was the last to fall. Across 1 NICETIES – nice,ties 5 RUSTIC – (citrus)* 10 PENAL – pen,a,l 11 OVERDRAWN – two def. – In the online version, there … Read more >>
Guardian 24,507 – Paul
dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram I am so fortunate to have landed … Read more >>
Guardian 24,506 – Logodaedalus
Not much to say about today’s, fairly straightforward with a couple of niggles. * = anagram cd = cryptic definition Across 1. FISHWIFE. FISH + W(IF)E. I’ve never been sure why this is … Read more >>
Independent 6850 by Math
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed A neat, not too difficult puzzle by Math with some good surface meanings. The borders of the grid were formed by 4 fifteen letter anagrams, which is quite an impressive … Read more >>