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A  tour de force offering from Hob today which really had our brain cells in overdrive.   A number of the clues had really good surfaces – 3d deserves a mention but 27 … Read more >>

A fun mid-week work-out with Eccles this week.   There seems to be a lot of dumping going on here, although we don’t really think this is a theme as such – is … Read more >>

Another pleasing puzzle today from Old Snake Hips (as Hoskins calls Serpent). We’ve blogged the last two Serpent offerings so he may be getting a bit fed up with us. However, we are … Read more >>

A really good challenge from Tees today.   All very sound clues – we particularly liked 17ac and 29ac for their neat surfaces. Across 9   21’s 23 for 14 animal’s resting-place? (3,6) … Read more >>

Phi’s back to Phiday this week!         At first sight, we couldn’t find a theme or nina, but then Joyce noticed that Phi’s challenge in this puzzle was to mirror … Read more >>

A classic Serpent puzzle to liven up a Tuesday – and our second Serpent blog in two weeks!   He’s definitely on the money today! We only tumbled to the theme when we … Read more >>

Yet another Hoskins greets us today!   We found this to be at the easier end of the Hoskins scale, but what a pleasure to solve! Plenty of time to marvel at the … Read more >>

Quite a challenge from Serpent today, which took us a while to get into.   There is a well-constructed literary theme based on two 5ds and their major works, which, as we found … Read more >>

A highly entertaining, tough challenge from Punk today.   It took us a while to get into the puzzle and there were a number that we guessed from the crossing letters before we … Read more >>

We cannot believe that it is time for us to blog a Phi again – where does the time go these days?   We found this a fairly straightforward solve which was very … Read more >>

An enjoyable challenge for a Tuesday from Radian this week.     Regulars will be aware that Tuesdays are often ‘Theme Day’ and this was no exception. We were looking for a nina … Read more >>

eXternal takes the mid-week slot this week – an enjoyable, fairly straightforward solve.   There are no particularly unusual words in the grid and all the definitions and wordplay are clear enough – … Read more >>

As expected, a fairly tough challenge from Klingsor today.   Having said that, when we came to write up the blog, we wondered why we had any problems – all the clues are … Read more >>

Phi-day again, and the usual excellent puzzle.   Lots to enjoy, but we just cannot figure out 22ac – there’s only one word that fits, and there’s a straightforward definition, but how on … Read more >>