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Financial Times 14,859 / Falcon

February 19, 2015 at 9:26 am by Admin

A good puzzle for tyros but not enough grey cell exercise for this solver as it required only one pass through the …

Independent 8845 / Crosophile

February 19, 2015 at 7:30 am by Admin

A good work out from Crosophile today. This puzzle was one for the horticulturalists with its homage to GARDENERS …

Financial Times 14,850 / Crux

February 19, 2015 at 12:05 am by Admin

I was half expecting to see Dante today with his customary double/cryptic definitions and anagrams but instead we have Crux with much …

What new is there to say about Dac? Every clue tells a little story. I have misgivings about ‘provided’ as an anagram indicator in 4dn, and I suspect that there might be a typo in 12dn, since my suggestion is so simple that I can’t see why Dac didn’t do it that way (although now that I look more closely he may be right all along,�the two words necessitating a verb without s; not sure about this � perhaps someone who knows about these things could drop in and�tell us); but a small price to pay for a day of Dac.

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Financial Times 14,858 by HAMILTON

February 18, 2015 at 7:58 am by Admin

An enjoyable puzzle that I thought had an ‘old fashioned’ feel to it (not a criticism, just an observation). Thanks Hamilton.

Inquisitor 1372: After the Main Event by Nudd

February 18, 2015 at 12:01 am by Admin

Haven’t seen a puzzle from Nudd in quite a while – none in 2014. Preamble: Wordplay in thirty-six clues serves up …

Beelzebub 1301

February 15, 2015 at 1:00 am by Admin

This one took me a little longer than usual though progress was always steady apart from a slight hold-up towards the end …

AZED 2,227

February 14, 2015 at 10:40 pm by Admin

As usual everything (with the possible exception of 25dn)�is quite simple but very complicated since the words are so difficult. Hence many of these clues can be explained in one short statement.

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Independent 8835 (Sat 7th Feb 2015) Jambazi

February 14, 2015 at 12:01 am by Admin

Jambazi (a.k.a. Tramp) is one of my favourite setters and one I’d like to see more of in both the Indy and …

Guardian Prize 26,489 by Imogen

February 14, 2015 at 12:00 am by Admin

I found this quite difficult, and for a while a bit frustrating.

Independent 8840 / Phi

February 13, 2015 at 7:30 am by Admin

Today we have what on the face of it is a fairly standard puzzle from Phi Well that’s …

Independent 8,839 by Monk

February 12, 2015 at 10:13 am by Admin

Rather a difficult Monk today I thought, but as usual very enjoyable. There are one or two loose ends which, thanks to the wisdom of those reading this blog, should be tied up before the end of the day.

And of course there’s the Nina, which I half saw and then forgot, to be reminded by Herb @1, who saw rather more than I did. The bottom row is a clear statement, so I looked at the top and couldn’t understand what was happening. All explained below. Very good. I can’t see why Herb thinks he hasn’t got it, for it clearly refers to the Russian novel.

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