Solving time: 7:40 (one mistake) A nice puzzle to end the year with generally simple breakdowns, 5dn excepted! * = anagram, “X” = sounds like ‘X’. Across 1 IN CAME R.A. – I was thrown … Read more “ST 4309 (Sun 28 Dec) – Aztec, camera”
Day: 4th January 2009
ST Jumbo 4308 (Sun 21 Dec) – ‘Twas the aconite before Christmas…
Solving time: 25:25, appropriately! One mistake (10dn: ‘acotine’ for ACONITE). The Sunday Times gave us a Jumbo puzzle for Christmas, which contained several seasonal answer words and many clues having Christmas-themed surface readings. Like last … Read more “ST Jumbo 4308 (Sun 21 Dec) – ‘Twas the aconite before Christmas…”