4 December 2024 | Newsletters, October 2024
By Mark Taylor and Jane Fitzpatrick AE This month’s crossword solutions include the first two and last two lines of a seasonal poem by the Scottish poet Edwin Morgan. These are found at 23a, 9a, 28a and 13a; 9a and 5d. Your compilers send our warmest wishes to all...
4 December 2024 | December 2024, Newsletters
Across: 1 have on, 4 academia, 9 merry, 10 christmas, 11 true, 12 joss, 13 holly, 15 waspish, 16 nark, 19 news, 20 heedful, 23 jolly, 24 acme, 25 oops, 27 bubble gum, 28 berry, 29 artistry, 30 gateau; Down: 1 hometown, 2 virtuoso, 3 onyx, 5 ...
9 October 2024 | Newsletters, October 2024
By Jane Fitzpatrick Across1 View professional’s muscle model (8)5 Brain dead when regularly obliged to follow Zoom, omitting nothing (6)10 Music maker mixed piña colada and evicted cad (7)11 Unnatural respect for ghostly figure (7)12 A wickedness returned, full...
9 October 2024 | Newsletters, October 2024
Across: 1 prospect, 5 zombie, 10 Pianola, 11 spectre, 12 alive, 13 harlequin, 15 trick or treat, 19 jack-o-lantern, 24 card table, 26 alarm, 27 oratory, 29 pumpkin, 30 shiver, 31 stop dead Down: 1 poplar, 2 oxalis, 3 pioneer, 4 cha-cha-cha, 6 overeat, 7 bat,...
4 September 2024 | Newsletters, September 2024
By Mark Taylor Across 1 Not right, desiring bard over novel, but it’s not the whole story (8,7) 9 Amperage jolted leeching energy to storm (7) 10 Spoil 1 down: clue better endings for Boatman (7) 11 Softly at home and secure (3) 12 Band set as 10 punishing beats...