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Lots of fun clues and nice surfaces, and quite difficult in places. Favourites were 1ac, 9ac, 16ac, 19ac, 25ac, 6dn, 8dn, and 23dn. Many thanks to Nutmeg for the puzzle   ACROSS 1 … Read more >>

As usual from Tramp, very enjoyable with lots of nice surfaces and tricky cluing – crossers from the relatively gettable long down answers were very helpful. Favourites were 1ac, 11ac, 19ac, 21ac, 24ac, … Read more >>

Always a pleasure to tackle a Nutmeg puzzle – lots of favourites including 11ac, 14ac/7dn, 3dn, 4dn, 19dn, 23dn and 24dn. Many thanks to Nutmeg   ACROSS 1 ALGEBRA ‘Crumbling gable’ artist’s symbolic … Read more >>

A fun start to the week – I particularly liked 12ac, 22ac, 2dn, and 6dn. Many thanks to Pan.   ACROSS 1 HELIPAD Landing ground needs helium for large computer (7) HE (Helium) … Read more >>

A difficult solve after a quick start, with several answers entered without fully parsing until writing the blog. Favourites were 8ac, 21ac, 4dn, 5dn, and 17dn. Many thanks to Paul …there is an … Read more >>

A fun puzzle – my favourites were 8ac, 10ac, 21dn, 24dn, and especially 19dn. Thanks to Picaroon. There is a theme, as mentioned in 23ac – all of the other across solutions are … Read more >>

A quick solve with many fun clues and a couple of trickier parsings – I particularly liked 13ac, 21ac, 8dn, 21dn, and 23dn. Thanks to Anto   ACROSS 9 IN CAHOOTS Comedian taken … Read more >>

A slow solve, with a few unfamiliar solutions. Favourites were 18ac, 27ac, 6dn, 7dn, and 25dn. Thanks to Brummie …there is a theme: COLD/PLAY, RADIO/HEAD, The POLICE, The ROLLING STONES, TRAFFIC, BLUR, PULP, … Read more >>

A quick pleasant solve – favourites were 13ac, 6dn, and 14dn. Thanks to Pan. ACROSS 1 SCOPED Senior officer found with drug in empty shed is investigated (6)   COP=[Senior?] "officer" + E … Read more >>

A slow and challenging solve, with quite a few parsings puzzled out after the grid had been filled. Favourites were 6ac, 27ac, 1dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Paul.   ACROSS 1 QUADRUPLE As … Read more >>

A fun, tricky puzzle today… …while not familiar with the theme, I liked the ways that Buster Keaton film titles were written into surfaces. Favourites were 11ac, 17dn, 22dn, and especially 28ac. Thanks … Read more >>

A fun puzzle – I particularly liked 9ac, 21ac, 22ac, 2dn, 18dn, and 22dn. Thanks to Brendan. …hard to miss the theme around Shakespeare’s Othello, with extra links to theatre more generally and … Read more >>

An enjoyable puzzle – I particularly liked 8ac, 13ac, 15/20ac, 1dn, 3dn, and 4dn. Many thanks to Brummie. …there are [at least] some linked grid entries – FORD MADOX FORD wrote [The] GOOD … Read more >>

A neatly clued puzzle from Carpathian – the first time I've blogged one of their crosswords. I particularly liked 13ac, 2dn, 4dn, 15dn, and 17dn – many thanks to Carpathian. ACROSS 9 DISPARAGE … Read more >>

A slow, very tricky solve, and with a lot to enjoy. My favourites were 20ac, 26ac, 3dn, and especially 5dn… …which also hints at a theme of lexicography and reference book publishers/websites e.g. … Read more >>