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A very special thank you to Phi for this puzzle! We have been blogging now for almost 2 years and this is our 178th post.  It will however be one that we will never forget. … Read more >>

It’s over a year since we were last treated to a Raich puzzle to blog and although this was a very enjoyable solve, it didn’t seem as challenging as we had expected. From … Read more >>

We’ve now blogged two Phi puzzles in a row – not that we are complaining, there was a lot to enjoy as usual today. Some lovely smooth surfaces as expected – we particularly … Read more >>

Thanks Phi for an unexpected enjoyable crossword. We say ‘unexpected’ because we normally get to solve your puzzles on Friday – not unexpected because they are not usually enjoyable! While writing up the … Read more >>

“Are we blogging the Prize crossword this week?’ “Yes” “Who’s setting this week?” …….sound effect of pages being turned in the paper…… “Anax!” “OMG” Actually it turned out to be not quite as … Read more >>

Another excellent puzzle from Dac today with the usual smooth surfaces and a good variety of clue types. It is often difficult to know what to say in the preamble to Dac’s puzzles. … Read more >>

Another Phiday! We found this a bit trickier than usual, but none the worse for that. As usual, great clueing and a good mix of clue types. 1ac had us puzzled as we … Read more >>

We found this quite a tricky solve and there are a couple of clues (2d and 29ac) which we hope others will be able to explain for us. As a keen baker, Joyce … Read more >>

Another smooth offering from Dac – one or two entries we needed to check, but all very clear from the excellent cluing. We hadn’t come across 4ac before and had to use electronic … Read more >>

We enjoyed this Prize Puzzle from Tees. It took us a while to get started but once we had a few crossing letters things fell into place reasonably quickly. Joyce really likes short … Read more >>

It’s back to normal this Phiday, and another excellent puzzle with a good mix of fairly straightforward clues and some which caused a bit of head-scratching. Knowing Phi’s propensity for themes or ninas, … Read more >>

An ‘ancient Greek leader’ informed us that todays’s puzzle was very significant.   It is Anax’s 100th Indy puzzle, the first appearing on July 9th 2009. It was blogged by beermagnet  who was … Read more >>

Another great puzzle from Dac – as usual, smooth surfaces, a good range of types of wordplay, some crafty misdirections and only one word we had not come across before. What more can … Read more >>