10 July 2023 | July 2023, Newsletters
By Jane Fitzpatrick ACROSS 1 Unruffled, two coppers enter lab room, case in disarray (4, 2, 1, 8)9 Choose the French predicament (6)10 International body with a thought for Queen Victoria’s customary state (8)11 This veggie sounds all done (4)12 Perhaps no...
10 July 2023 | July 2023, Newsletters
By Jane Fitzpatrick ACROSS1 COOL AS A CUCUMBER 9 PICKLE 10 UNAMUSED 11 BEET 12 IN GOD’S CARE 14 FLOODLIT 16 UNTO 18 CAKE 19 EYESHADE 21 ADDS FUEL TO 22 OKRA 24 A DIM VIEW 26 see 3 down 27 CONFIGURATIONAL DOWN2 OLIVE 3d, 26a LIKE TWO PEAS IN A POD 4 SPECIALS 5...
30 March 2023 | April 2023, Newsletters
By Mark Taylor The solutions to 5 and 4 down are the partly abridged title of a classic reference work for 5a and the original author of the work. The clues at 4 and 5 down are anagrams of the author and the title. ACROSS 1. Turf the chopped cabbage – it...
27 February 2023 | February 2023, Newsletters
By Jane Fitzpatrick AE ACROSS 1 Dumb giggles sure upset some bathers (6,9) 9 Left Virginia in the middle of judicious recovery operation (7) 10 Stops trying to contribute small drink (5,2) 11 Title that Charles, for example, might give a job list, when there’s an...
1 December 2022 | December 2022, Newsletters
By Jane Fitzpatrick AE ACROSS 1 Hide on tree and make sound of cricket (7, 2, 6) 8 Saline waters take edges off disease (3) 9 Horse riders are newly arisen, embracing hunt (11) 11 Pens speech about ceremonial acts (5) 12 Jerk capturing wandering elephant (who lost...
