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Today brought me my regular monthly lexical tussle with Phi. I actually found this one towards the easier end of the Phi spectrum. The grid certainly helped, in that it provided a lot … Read more >>

Owing to difficulties accessing the puzzle, I am posting this blog somewhat later than is customary, for which I apologise. Radian has conjured up our daily dose of lexical gymnastics this Tuesday. I … Read more >>

It is Wednesday today, so it is Dac’s weekly opportunity to put Indy solvers through their paces. For me, this was a typical Dac puzzle in terms of level of difficulty. I was … Read more >>

It has been a long time since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Klingsor, so I was keen to get my teeth into this one this morning. This particular … Read more >>

As expected, today saw my monthly tussle with Phi. I found this one quite tough, not least, I feel, because of the high frequency of 4-letter entries. I solved clues steadily but didn’t … Read more >>

The Tuesday slot is one that is occupied by a wide variety of setters, and this Tuesday we have the pleasure of welcoming a (to me at least) new setter to the Indy … Read more >>

I was looking forward to my monthly encounter with Dac today, and the puzzle certainly lived up to my expectations. Overall, I found this towards the easier end of the Dac spectrum. I … Read more >>

Morph is this week’s Thursday compiler and offers me my first Morph solve/blog of 2015. I found this puzzle a tough one to get into, although I knew that my perseverance would be … Read more >>

This is my first Friday blog of 2015, but no surprise to find the compiling slot occupied by Phi. I found this to be a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle, where I solved the longer … Read more >>

Tuesday’s slot typically has multiple occupants, and today’s is Crosophile. I still do not have enough experience of solving and blogging puzzles by Crosophile to be able to assess how long it will … Read more >>

Unsurprisingly, Dac is occupying the first Wednesday slot of the New Year and will doubtless occupy many more over the next twelve months. Just as unsurprisingly, we have before us a set of … Read more >>

Another fairly late posting today, as, hardly surprisingly, I was not up with the lark this New Year’s Day! Donk has supplied the first cruciverbal challenge of 2015, and what a challenge it … Read more >>

For once, I wasn’t overly enamoured at the prospect of dragging myself out of bed to solve and blog a puzzle today, after all yesterday’s excesses and the prospect of a much-needed lie-in. … Read more >>

Scorpion has been assigned to this week’s Tuesday slot, one that often provides solvers with a fun puzzle with a twist or two. This puzzle was no exception to that rule. I actually … Read more >>

As expected, Dac’s latest puzzle was waiting for me this Wednesday morning. At first, I thought that I was going to zip through this crossword, having solved a lot of clues in the … Read more >>