No DA for Christmas this year. And there was no LR on Monday.
All in all, a terrible week for cunning cruciverbalists, but hey, it’s Christmas. What’s to complain about, really?
Oh, and SMH peeps: I’m informed there will be a giant-sized cryptic-rich holiday crossword coming your way on the weekend as compensation for the lack of Friday fun.
You could always try The Stickler Weekly at http://www.stickler.com.au. A new, free puzzle every Wednesday with puzzle clue hints, and a worked solution the following week.
It’s not all gloom…
David Stickley
Merry Christmas Trippers! Hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday.
I knew I wouldn’t get my paper delivered but I was hopeful on getting an electronic download version. App crashes out when I try. Looks like coal in the stocking then. Merry Christmas to all. This probably doesn’t bode well for next Friday either.
Yep, a DA Giant Crossword in SMH 26TH for some Saturday shenanigans.
Enjoyed DA’s anagrammed headlines of 2015 in the Giant of 26/12/15 with a nod to the solution:
A few for non SMHers:
22: SLING THE SNAKE OIL (vitriolic TV, June) (3,7,6)
34: QI’S HEFTY PUNSTER (hosting headline, October) (7,3,5)
36: ANCIENT INDECENT NOISE (judicial tension, April) (10,10)
71: OH, ITS STEAMY HEADLINES (infidelity inferno, August) (3,6,7,4)
74: A MINORITY IN RAGS (warfare flotsam, passim) (6,9)
How does he see these? !
The whole grid was pretty amazing, with the other cryptic clues and quick clues as well. I do find cricket clues a little overdone, and as usual I was let down by my ignorance of US TV and computer games, but fascinated to learn of the vast and varied work of Sir Richard Francis Burton.