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We tend to think of Kairos as an Independent on Sunday setter, but he has appeared more recently in weekday slots, and here he is on a Tuesday – with a theme? Our … Read more >>

We look forward to blogging on a Wednesday as we often have an Eccles puzzle. Joyce laughed as she entered the solution for 3d because it reminded her of her childhood. She used … Read more >>

We were delighted to find that we have a Serpent puzzle to blog today – we knew we were in for some fun…… …..and we weren’t disappointed. We normally expect a theme in … Read more >>

Another week goes by and another Phi to solve. As we are now in a Tier 3 area, solving the latest crossword becomes even more of an event. Thanks Phi for the puzzle. … Read more >>

We always look forward to a Tuesday Knut puzzle to find out which topical issue he is highlighting…. … but we have to say that we were surprised by the overtly political theme … Read more >>

It’s always a treat to solve a Serpent puzzle. No unusual words to hold us up but there was a bit of head scratching when it came to parsing. Serpent often has something … Read more >>

Eccles provides the midweek entertainment again today. All good fun as we have come to expect. No unusual words, clear clues with good surfaces and the occasional smile along the way – what … Read more >>

Monk throws down the gauntlet today We found this to be quite a challenge, mainly due to some fairly obscure (to us) synonyms in the wordplay in several clues and one or two … Read more >>

It’s Phiday again Another enjoyable Friday offering from Phi. We always expect that there is something going on in Phi puzzles, but although it looks as though there is a Nina of a … Read more >>

We have not blogged a Dill puzzle before, so we looked forward to the challenge We found it a fairly straightforward solve, although we had to check 23ac, which was a new word … Read more >>

Eccles is back in the midweek spot today. As we have come to expect, this was a fun solve with lots of good surfaces and neat wordplay. We had to check the Mexican … Read more >>

There was some 1ac fun to be had today in Punk’s puzzle. As we filled in the grid, it was clear that some answers were anagrams of each other. However, it was only … Read more >>

Serpent fills the Thursday slot this week – we’re in for a treat. We found this slightly easier than we had expected, given the setter. This may have been because we always expect … Read more >>

It’s Phi-day again! We worked our way through this puzzle fairly steadily, although we were held up briefly by entering DREAD for 18ac before realising, when we couldn’t figure out 14d, that we’d … Read more >>

Wiglaf fills the Tuesday slot this week – we’re on the look-out for a theme …. but we needed a fair bit of electronic help to find it! Because 34ac is, in our … Read more >>