Bertandjoyce

We found this an enjoyable thematic puzzle and have to congratulate Hieroglyph on managing to get six thematic entries (which occupied twelve of the 29 answers) into the grid without having to resort … Read more >>

Wow!! Where to start? Nimrod threw everything at us in this puzzle – thematic entries, linked clues, some rather tenuous synonyms and some original and inventive wordplay. It was an extraordinary choice for … Read more >>

So, it’s the Don filling Dac’s last Wednesday of the month slot this time. We found this trickier than the average Quixote, with several head-scratching moments, particularly over the parsing of 1d. However, … Read more >>

We should have looked more closely at the number of the puzzle before we started –  the last three digits would have warned us of how ‘beastly’ this crossword was to solve (and … Read more >>

Well what a ‘tease’ we have had this week. We wondered what was going on when Phi disappeared from his normal Phiday slot and appeared on TEESday instead – sorry TUESday!! There is … Read more >>

Thanks to Scorpion for an an enjoyable solve today!   When we saw that it was Scorpion we were on the lookout for a theme but we still missed it until we guessed … Read more >>

We found this a bit tougher than your average Dac, but no less enjoyable – all the usual excellent surfaces were there, but for some reason we had difficulty getting round the misdirections. … Read more >>

We enjoyed this challenging puzzle from Tyrus – some very good clues and plenty of crafty misdirection. Was Tyrus anticipating the outcome in Brazil when he wrote the clue for  15ac? 4/25! Let’s … Read more >>

A Thursday Klingsor! We anticipated a good challenge and we weren’t disappointed. As expected, some excellent surfaces and well constructed clues – we particularly liked 16d, 23ac and 13ac (our LOI). We’ve looked … Read more >>

How time Phlies – it’s Friday again – another Phi to solve! We normally look forward to Phi’s puzzles but this one had too many anagrams for our liking. However, one of them … Read more >>

It’s a while since we blogged a Scorpion puzzle although they appear once a month. We normally prefer ghost themes but there were some enjoyable moments during the solve today. We were familiar … Read more >>

  Well, when we saw it was Dac on Monday, we wondered who would appear today, and were delighted when Jambazi showed up. This is only our second blog of a Jambazi puzzle, … Read more >>

We ‘ve been busy just lately so tried to rush this one rather than enjoy the solve! It was only when Joyce came to write up the blog that she appreciated the surface … Read more >>

A good Saturday challenge from Klingsor, with no unusual words and, as usual, some nifty misdirections to keep us on our toes. Across 1   Fancy dress item worn by one in church? … Read more >>

Bert and Joyce are sharing the blog write up this week and we are slightly at odds with our feelings about the puzzle. The solve was thankfully fairly quick, for which we were … Read more >>