Those of you were unfortunate enough to know me during my brief stint at university will remember that my on-again-off-again obsession with cryptic crosswords was the defining feature of my life at the time, and combined with my fondness for card games caused my premature and unceremonious departure from academia after just one year. We can only hope, for the sake of my employment and the sanity of anyone in a 100m radius, that this phase is not as disruptive or enduring as it was last time around.
The main point here, though, is that you should totally read it. If you're an Adelaidean, I have a copy I can lend you, just drop me a line sometime. If you're not, do yourself a favour and get a copy of Sandy Balfour's clever, quirky and someway eccentric little book, it's fun times.
Just don't get too involved.
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Please may I borrow it, Thom?
You may...do you want me to give it to you next weekend or wait until the academic year is over?
I can't work out the answer :/
Next weekend is fine. The 2 tricky exams will be done by then.
I'm a fairly competent solver of American-style crosswords, but have never been able to make headway on British-style cryptics. As in, I have never solved a single clue, despite knowing the principles. Despite having, when living in England, bought children's puzzle books. And I can't figure out the clue that's the title to this damned book. Crap.
Fwahaha...
If I get around to publishing any crosswords here I'll have to publish a solvers guide too, I guess.
That's fine, it makes me feel like I'm clever, despite regularly struggling to finish my NYT on Tuesdays...
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