Bertandjoyce

We always look forward to solving and blogging an Anax, so it was with great anticipation that we sat down to tackle this one. Unfortunately, however, we felt it didn’t quite live up … Read more >>

It’s a while since we last blogged a Punk puzzle. We tend to prefer hidden themes rather than the overtly themed puzzle but there was still lots to enjoy. At one point we … Read more >>

It’s always a pleasure to blog a puzzle by Dac. The most difficult part however, is knowing what to say in the preamble! Perhaps we’ll just leave it at that apart from adding … Read more >>

We always anticipate a good challenge on a Thursday, but this was a little easier than we expected, although there quite a few head-scratching moments. 26d was our LOI – having never heard … Read more >>

Firstly, many thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for us while we have been away. It’s Friday so it was no surprise when we saw it was Phi! Thankfully we didn’t find it … Read more >>

Well, we were ready for a Thursday toughie, and then we found it was an Anax today – always a good challenge! 1 across had us really worried – not a good start! … Read more >>

We cannot believe that four weeks have passed by and we are blogging a Phi puzzle again. Not that we are complaining …… We enjoyed the solve and think we have everything sorted … Read more >>

Regular solvers may remember Donk’s last puzzle, which we were very lucky to blog on January 9th –  a real tour de force. In our opinion it would be very difficult to beat … Read more >>

Another Wednesday, another Dac and we’re not complaining. As RatkojaRiku said in the blog last week, it is always very difficult to pick a favourite with Dac’s puzzles. Last time we blogged a … Read more >>

This was an enjoyable solve – thanks Monk! As usual, there were some lovely surfaces and a few tricky ones to parse including 17ac, if we have sorted it out correctly. Strangely, there … Read more >>

Well, this one took a bit of head-scratching in places, but we suppose we should expect that of a Thursday Indy puzzle. However, there were several unusual or unfamiliar words, and we needed … Read more >>

Another Friday, another Phiday! We’re not complaining – there were a number of smiles as we solved this one. We cannot see any theme or nina but you never know with Phi. Perhaps … Read more >>

We were pretty sure that we had not blogged Kairos before. On checking. we found there have been 10 other puzzles from him in the Indy but 9 of them were in the … Read more >>

Once again, as we have come to expect on a Wednesday, an excellently constructed puzzle from Dac with the usual smooth surfaces. We solved this with a friend (‘Joyce II’) – and we … Read more >>

Wow! It took a second or two for us to realise that the repletion of the pairs of across clues was not a ghastly printing error, but an amazing feat of setting – … Read more >>