Crossword Blog: Is Chop Suey Chinese?
In the sample clues below, the links direct you to explanations from our series for beginners. The name of the smuggler is often linked to an interview with him, in case you want to know these people better.
The news in cluesA summary of the year so far at Westminster in two clues: one from Pasquale...
22d Some high-life Tories creating a stink (5) [pun intended: contained in ("some" ) HIGHLIFETORY ][ definition: a stench ]
… for the pleasant FETOR and that of Anto …
25a The Tory offer could be a runner (9)[ pun: abbreviation meaning "Tory" + synonym for "offer" ][ definition: a runner ]
… for CONTENDER. The time had come, we could turn to some clues about the sun to relieve us in July of the gloom. Not this July. Instead, a recommendation of a thematic puzzle. It's this one, by Brendan, and I'm not announcing the theme.
Confusing elsewhereYou still may have, hidden somewhere in the print edition from Saturday July 16th of the Guardian, the Puzzles Summer Special put together by Alex Bellos. It's a fine collection, wrapped in an extraordinary maze, and has a "holiday jumbo" from Picaroon and a beginner's cryptic from Carpathian that only uses four types of clues. I have never seen this before; it works wonderfully well. Hope we see more special puzzles.
One of the puzzles found its way online, so if you missed the extra you can still solve "The Most Guardian Crossword Ever", set by me. It's not enigmatic, but it's not quite fast either. If anyone can tell me what type of puzzle this is I would appreciate it.
This latest modelThe Pasquale puzzle, above, also includes this recipe…
< p>21a Restriction lifted — ie for having eaten a good creamy dessert (7.3)[ pun: synonym of “restriction lifted” + abbrev. for "that is" containing ("to eat") synonymous with "good" (as in pious) ][ BAN OFF + IE containing PI ][ definition: creamy dessert ]… for BANOFFI PIE, which features in the "food mythology" entry of the wonderful Oxford Companion to Food, essentially a fact check on what might appear to be urban myths. If the past few years have left you, like me, constantly discussing (a) food and (b) truth, this is heaven.
Parties are sobering : scorching meat does not keep the juices inside and medieval cooks did not use spices to distract from the rotting of their meats. Banoffi pie emerges as a rare example of a dish that pro...
In the sample clues below, the links direct you to explanations from our series for beginners. The name of the smuggler is often linked to an interview with him, in case you want to know these people better.
The news in cluesA summary of the year so far at Westminster in two clues: one from Pasquale...
22d Some high-life Tories creating a stink (5) [pun intended: contained in ("some" ) HIGHLIFETORY ][ definition: a stench ]
… for the pleasant FETOR and that of Anto …
25a The Tory offer could be a runner (9)[ pun: abbreviation meaning "Tory" + synonym for "offer" ][ definition: a runner ]
… for CONTENDER. The time had come, we could turn to some clues about the sun to relieve us in July of the gloom. Not this July. Instead, a recommendation of a thematic puzzle. It's this one, by Brendan, and I'm not announcing the theme.
Confusing elsewhereYou still may have, hidden somewhere in the print edition from Saturday July 16th of the Guardian, the Puzzles Summer Special put together by Alex Bellos. It's a fine collection, wrapped in an extraordinary maze, and has a "holiday jumbo" from Picaroon and a beginner's cryptic from Carpathian that only uses four types of clues. I have never seen this before; it works wonderfully well. Hope we see more special puzzles.
One of the puzzles found its way online, so if you missed the extra you can still solve "The Most Guardian Crossword Ever", set by me. It's not enigmatic, but it's not quite fast either. If anyone can tell me what type of puzzle this is I would appreciate it.
This latest modelThe Pasquale puzzle, above, also includes this recipe…
< p>21a Restriction lifted — ie for having eaten a good creamy dessert (7.3)[ pun: synonym of “restriction lifted” + abbrev. for "that is" containing ("to eat") synonymous with "good" (as in pious) ][ BAN OFF + IE containing PI ][ definition: creamy dessert ]… for BANOFFI PIE, which features in the "food mythology" entry of the wonderful Oxford Companion to Food, essentially a fact check on what might appear to be urban myths. If the past few years have left you, like me, constantly discussing (a) food and (b) truth, this is heaven.
Parties are sobering : scorching meat does not keep the juices inside and medieval cooks did not use spices to distract from the rotting of their meats. Banoffi pie emerges as a rare example of a dish that pro...
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