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Today saw my monthly encounter with Dac, who is occupying his customary Wednesday slot. For me, this was towards the easy end of the Dac spectrum, and I made swift progress through the … Read more >>

It has been a while since it last fell to me to blog an Alchemi crossword, and solving/blogging today’s puzzle has reminded me of just what I’ve been missing. I found this puzzle … Read more >>

My apologies for the late posting, owing to a rather unusual Friday for me. Reassuringly, there’s nothing unusual about crossing cruciverbal swords with Phi on a Friday. I found that this was a … Read more >>

Surprise, surprise! I certainly wasn’t expecting to find Phi’s latest puzzle waiting for me when I sat down this morning. And no, I didn’t go to bed on Monday night and sleep straight … Read more >>

Today offers me my once-monthly opportunity to blog a Dac puzzle on a Wednesday. And I don’t suppose that I’ll say anything today that I haven’t said many times before: we have before … Read more >>

Knut’s latest offering fills the Thursday compiling slot this week. And a first perusal of the clues suggests that this puzzle has not appeared today by chance: the clues are littered with references … Read more >>

The Friday slot is Phi’s traditional home, and here he is again with his latest offering. I found this puzzle towards the easier end of the Phi spectrum. The grid is one that … Read more >>

Punk has produced today’s puzzle with something of a cricketing theme, perhaps to coincide with the end of this summer’s Ashes series this week. Rather oddly, the first clue that I solved is … Read more >>

It has fallen to Dac to compile today’s landmark puzzle: the 9,000th Independent cryptic crossword! I wonder if the entry at 1A was chosen to mark the occasion or whether this was pure … Read more >>

Klingsor’s graces the crossword page of today’s Independent, as he often seems to do on a Thursday. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, which I found easier than some of this compiler’s earlier crosswords … Read more >>

Friday wouldn’t be the same without Phi now, would it? And here he is with his latest end-of-week offering. I found this a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle and made steady progress through the first … Read more >>

Hieroglyph is occupying this week’s Tuesday slot, with one of his themed puzzles for us to crack. Like the themed puzzle of his that I blogged on bird species, there are a couple … Read more >>

Dac has provided this Wednesday morning’s cruciverbal workout. For me, this was a typical Dac solve, as I worked my way through the clues, admiring their smooth surfaces and unambiguous parsings as I … Read more >>

It is Klingsor’s turn to occupy the Thursday slot this week. I found this a really enjoyable solve, pitched at what I consider to be the appropriate level for a daily cryptic: far … Read more >>

Predictably, the job of compiling today’s puzzle has fallen to Phi. I found I had to work steadily away at these one, from beginning to end, with no single solution triggering a slew … Read more >>