Guardian 24,509 (Shed)

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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 12,879 – Falcon

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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 >>

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Independent 6,852/Dac

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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

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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

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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 >>

Financial Times 12886 / Quark

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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 >>

Independent 6850 by Math

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*=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 >>

Azed 1895 — me, me, me!

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I found this a relatively easy Azed. The four long answers on each of the edges provided a good lever to open up the grid. All were anagrams or near complete partial anagrams … Read more >>