Love this last bunch. In the space of seven exquisite clues, we flit from Hercules to Andy Warhol, via a spot of wolf-dancing on the second fairway. Perhaps easier than the last two lots, only cryptic powerhouses will unravel full list. Feel free to speculate in the post section, or go all-out and name the solutions. I [...]
At the risk of sounding a tad K-Tel, here are the next sizzlers of summer. With an Aussie flavour too. Not just the first clue, but Styx is the alias of David Stickley, a name familiar to homegrown solvers for his regular Stickler puzzle in the Telegraph, as well as the Omega whopper in the SMH.
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Summer has meant Avatar and Torah Bright, pink batts and kookaburra’s laugh – and the next 21 clues in Clues of Repute – Summer Edition.
Over the next week I’ll be posting the pick of the last three months, with answers eventually provided. But thought you’d relish having a crack at these gems, as well as [...]
Last post we saluted the A-M of master clues, culled from sources faded and frayed in the year 2000. This post is the sequel, the premium gear from the same year, their answers opening with N to Z – or mostly anyway, as you’ll see.
Good luck in the cracking – but don’t rush. These babies are [...]
For twenty years, give or take, I’ve been collecting exquisite clues – the best of British and US crosswords.
Unforgivably, I’d failed to note the source puzzle for half that time, meaning I carry a swag of cryptic gems extracted from a vacuum. Their owners, the papers: I don’t know. I feel a heel but the [...]
With a new Brainstorm due to start tomorrow, I thought I’d squeeze the last of the cream into this post. To pass the time, here are the sublime.
A dozen clues. Feel free to post your answers and comments as Posts, with spoilers the presumption. With no letters to bounce off, Ill be surprised [in awe?] if you can [...]
Same deal as the last Reputed serving. See how many of these premium clues you can crack, all of them culled from a season of UK cryptics.
(Mixed around, the initials opening your first six answers will go to spell the answer to the Bonus Clue.)
Some gems here. Enjoy.
1) Original back to nature author! (7) [Puck]
2) [...]
Six delightful clues from the last few months of solving. See if you can solve them, with the answers’ six initials needing to be mixed to spell your answer to the Bonus Clue. (And look for another Repute post on the weekend.)
1) Horse and cart back to front? It’s monstrous (5) [Puck]
2) Daffy Duck waddles at [...]
If tigers and lions create baby ligers, or tigons, depending on the dam, these clues splice two of the cryptic recipes, by far the hardest clue of any stripe. Again, out of mercy, I supply both answer length and initial.
Senior priest holding Mass at two in old city (7/P) [Viking]
Family doctor warns about seafood (4,6/K) [...]
If CREATED is E inside CRATED, what are these container clues? I’ve supplied both answer length AND an initial to help you navigate these ornery six.
Doctor binds a fracture (3/G) [Times 8368]
Current in river – or is it still? (5/P) [Virgilius]
Gun sure to grab attention (7/F) [Paul]
Dummy plugs supplied at a loss (9/F) [Times 8294]
Girl [...]