i Prize Cryptic Crossword 1229 by Dac

Saturday 17th January 2015

Dac is normally a byword for consistency – my normal comment for him is something like ‘How does he do it?’ – so I was surprised to encounter a couple of clues that didn’t grab me, my least favourite being 1 across ‘Bertha’s bust’ for ‘Collar’.

At the other end of the scale was my COD 21 across:

High-ranking politician taking car, say, round New Forest (8,2,5)

The 2010 blog has all the answers here: http://www.fifteensquared.net/2010/02/24/independent-7288dac/