October 03 2011
On The Run (No Spoils)
For the next two weeks, from October 5, you have your chance to see my short play, Luminous. Two men, one chain, and ten minutes of slapstick crisis: the play is part of a mixed bill called MelBorn at the old Carlton Courthouse. For more info about the show, or to make a booking, click here. Be great so see you there.
Meanwhile, for those hoping to maintain their Times crossword run, here is the forum to share your spoils, and pleadings, with no spoilers allowed. If you wish to talk specifics, the make a bolt for the Spoiler forum next door.
(After all this talk of fleeing, Monday’s puzzle, 9124, has the perfect solution at 1-Across as well!)
Comments
Criseyde — 03 October at 07:22PM
Found today's pretty difficult. But am all crossied out after a challenging DA on Friday and a DA Omega today .(Got stuck on the goose and the gander not knowing the French writer.)
Had to resort to aids. Pulled up short. Good deceptions and surface. Got 8D thanks to a recent DA clue. Liked 13A, 6D, 18D and 7D.
Anthony Douglas — 03 October at 09:29PM
The SW seems the hardest - I'd managed to persuade myself that two wrong answers were the right ones for 20ac and 15dn. That obstacle past, I'm left with just 22ac to get. Sigh. I fear an unknown term, but I shall fight to the end!
Boniface — 04 October at 04:06AM
Howdy all - just letting you know that I'm away and not in range of the Oz at the moment so will be quiet on this thread for a couple of weeks... Happy solving, Bon
Anthony Douglas — 04 October at 11:22PM
Guessed right yesterday, but still stuck on two today. Ran the alphabet on the Dutch clue, but still can't jar the first word loose from my memory. Meanwhile, I'm disappointed that the air through the window isn't REVEILLE...
Anthony Douglas — 05 October at 10:07PM
Failed abysmally - had OVER instead of ONE'S CLOGS, and so was searching for the wrong idiom. And therefore didn't try hard enough to get the obvious SERENADE.
And then today, sprung for the wrong fish on 1ac, so didn't get 2dn, or the (weak clue) about the actor that crossed it.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow...
Anthony Douglas — 06 October at 10:51AM
Tomorrow, namely today, a much more satisfying result. Last in was the ruminant (17dn? don't have the puzzle here), favourite 18ac (the unreliable Amber). A nicely balanced puzzle.
Anthony Douglas — 07 October at 11:38PM
Lucky it was a DA day today, because my copy of the Times looked pretty insoluble!
RobT — 08 October at 06:13AM
@AD: I was on the plane on Bris all fired up for a 90min assault on it only to have my bubble burst and various other metaphors mixed. :(
DA2 — 08 October at 06:54AM
Tell me about it. I've saved friday's paper in case The Oz presents the AWOL grid today.