Archives : Utterly Normal Cryptics

These are my most normal puzzles. They are all set in regular 15 x 15 grids, without excessive small words. There are no dominant themes, or super-long answers spanning multiple spots. Obscure subcultural references are kept to a minimum.

Date Crossword Comments
 
2005 May 30 "Chinese Urchin" 15 A few unusual words
2005 Mar 7 "Banned Lists" 15 Hardish puzzle, gratuitous 90o symmetry
2005 Feb 7 "Cables" Lots of these come out of my PC
2005 Jan 24 "V Day" Oh what mighty contests arise
2004 Dec 27 "Productions" Not that I much like musicals ...
2004 Dec 13 "Rude Rellies" This was a tough grid to fill (try it!)
2004 Nov 29 "Stewed Rice" Shot from the staple gun perhaps?
2004 Nov 15 "Hors d'Oeuvre" Still looking for my entree into Society
2004 Nov 1 "No Way" Not the roadblock it sounds like
2004 Aug 23 "Party Process" nice & regular with quarterly rotation
2004 Jul 26 "Can 31" a distinctively orthodox piece
2004 May 31 "Acute Craving" see if you can get around this one
2004 Apr 5 "Length Restricted" and difficulty moderated
2004 Feb 23 "Animal Cry" Some life science?
2004 Jan 26 "Amicable Sack" Jump on in - nothing sus!
2003 Dec 1 "Vessels" rattle those pots and pans
2003 Jun 23 "Four Corners" More maths than current affairs
2003 Apr 28 "Triplet Alien" A nice normal one.
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