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Somewhat unusually, Punk is occupying the Wednesday slot this week. Whatever the reason for it, it was a pleasant surprise to discover one of his puzzles, since I haven’t had the pleasure of … Read more >>

Knut has served up a cruciverbal delight for our delectation this Thursday in mid-February. It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Knut, and on … Read more >>

Phi has brought this week’s suite of midweek puzzles to an end. I found this to be a medium-difficult puzzle, through which I made steady progress before grinding to a halt in the … Read more >>

Wire has provided today’s crossword for our delectation. This week’s Tuesday theme needs no introduction, as many of the solutions entered in the grid refer to the mafia, its tradition, films about it, … Read more >>

Morph has provided our Wednesday workout this week. It hasn’t fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Morph, who never disappoints a solver, for quite some time, so I was relishing this … Read more >>

Loglady, with whose work I am not yet that well acquainted, is occupying the Thursday slot this week. I think that I have managed to solve all the clues correctly and unaided, although … Read more >>

Rather unusually Hob is occupying the Friday slot this week, not Phi. But there is a good reason for what at first seems like a scheduling hiccup. Today is the 200th anniversary of … Read more >>

Filbert has provided today’s cruciverbal teaser, and since it is Tuesday, there has to be a theme of sorts, and today it is immediately identified at 32. I found this to be a … Read more >>

Eccles has provided our first cryptic challenge of 2020, an occasion which is suitably marked at 18. I found this to be a standard, medium-difficulty puzzle, as one might expect to appear in … Read more >>

Serpent has provided the first post-Christmas cruciverbal teaser for anyone sufficiently recovered from yesterday’s excesses to want to give the old grey matter a workout. I think that this was too intensive a … Read more >>

Phi is occupying his customary Friday slot on what is doubtless his last appearance before Christmas (hint, hint). I found this to be an easier-than-usual Phi puzzle, and I think that I have … Read more >>

Today’s slot has been filled by a compiler whose work I am blogging for the first time. I have only discovered one blog of a puzzle by Atrica on 15², so he seems … Read more >>

Flitwick, one of the latest additions to the Indy compiling team, has provided this week’s Wednesday puzzle. This is certainly my first attempt at solving and blogging a puzzle set by Flitwick, and … Read more >>

It is a year and half since I last blogged a puzzle by Dutch, so I was pleased to renew my acquaintance with him today. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle. … Read more >>

Our Friday regular compiler Phi has brought this week’s string of mid-week puzzles to an end once again. I found this to be a puzzle of medium difficulty on the Indy scale. I … Read more >>