Monthly Archives: March 2012

DA Confusion for the 30th/31st of March, 2012

Posted on March 29, 2012 by AS| 49 Comments

Don’t bang your head against a brick wall trying to solve a DA doozy.

Ask a question here and any problems will be resolved.

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DA for the 30th/31st of March, 2012

Posted on March 29, 2012 by AS| 2 Comments

Happy times because, as of this week, I get to do my DA while watching football.

Yes, the AFL is back, and so is DA.

Update: Took me a while before getting going:

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DA Confusion for the 23rd/24th of March, 2012

Posted on March 22, 2012 by AS| 67 Comments

What? Huh?

Standard responses to a DA, all of which can be resolved right here.

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DA for the 23rd/24th of March, 2012

Posted on March 22, 2012 by AS| 1 Comment

Sweet DA comes to town again this week.

Talk about it here (but without spoilers until Monday).

Update: I feel like I’m losing my DA mojo — he seems to keep getting harder to me:


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DA Confusion for the 16/17th of March, 2012

Posted on March 15, 2012 by AS| 66 Comments

DA can be conquered — although sometimes a little help from some online friends comes in handy.

Here’s where you ask your questions.

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DA for the 16/17th of March, 2012

Posted on March 15, 2012 by AS| 5 Comments

This week I’ll be attempting to finish off the DA in the middle of a buck’s weekend interspersed with celebrations for my mother’s 70th birthday.

It’s a big ask, but a fun one.

Report on your DA experiences here.

Update: A tough one I thought:

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The Computers are Coming…

Posted on March 14, 2012 by AS| 2 Comments

Looks like we’ll be made redundant soon enough, although brute-force solving with words that fit is kinda cheating:

http://bostonglobe.com/ideas/2012/03/11/rise-crossword-robots/xK4TRBW2MfhqAwnj6tMv3H/story.html?camp

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DA Confusion for the 9/10th of March, 2012

Posted on March 9, 2012 by AS| 90 Comments

Here be DA Confusion.

Ask for aid and ye be answered.

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DA Reports for the 9/10th of March, 2012

Posted on March 9, 2012 by AS| 3 Comments

Here be another DA.

Report on it here, and forever hold your spoiler peace until Monday.

Update: A fun one even though I didn’t get 5 across:

MOTLEY CRUE was classic, and I thoroughly enjoyed LEGIBLE, EVEREST and METH LABS. My SE corner suffered from not having heard of a NULLA NULLA.

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DA Confusion for 2nd/3rd March, 2012

Posted on March 1, 2012 by AS| 118 Comments

Have your confusions resolved right here.

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