just started on CAM crossword. Has anyone deduced whether missing letters are placed adjacent to word? eg: woul;d missing letter in 1A be on the left or the right? or either?
The clue is : `A rise I propounded in memo ` and the answer is 8 letters and starts with an 'O' I believe it could be oriental because of the rise but do not understand where the memo woiuld fit. Can...
Hello EV N&C Wine Clubbers, A little more challenging this week. Populated the grid slowly, but steadily, then pored for ages trying to fathom the relevance of the extra letters, still not sure,...
Oh boy, just seen where this one is going. Very nearly finished, but I reckon there's going to be a fair bit of drawing to do, which can wait until tomorrow! Enjoyable diversion, without being too...
This week's offering is Whirly-Birly by Sabre. After a run of fairly straightforward puzzles, we have what at first glance looks like a typical Sabre offering - not an "unch" in sight. So,...
Where is everybody? Or are you finding the wordplay as difficult as I did. This was a nice, easy grid fill and the alternatives and associatives were fun, but oh dear, did I struggle with the endgame!...
This weeks offering is ROC by Loda. Thanks to my scattergun approach to clue solving, I spoiled this puzzle for myself by getting the theme after only three clues, and the nature of the curved lines...
A fairly typical Waterloo offering with a mix of simple, difficult and amusing clues. The problem is not so much in solving them, but getting the grid entry correct. Another one I think that would be...
What a pleasure to have a straightforward puzzle that we could manage. This one was a pleasure from start to finish and great for us relative newcomers. I am glad there is one like this now and then -...
"Pleasant" debut by Parsnip and great for newcomers to the Listener world. One of the easiest of the year so far with several anagrams to get started. [email protected] if you...
What am I doing wrong? Surely no grid entries can be like eg 123 because the two dominoes 12 and 23 will be used with only 3 spaces so all the dominoes will be completed in less than the stated 56...