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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 >>

Tees is occupying the Thursday slot, one which is visited by a wide range of compilers over the course of a year. I enjoyed this one immensely, solving the longer entries at the … Read more >>

It was no surprise to discover Phi’s latest offering on what is Phi-day after all. For me, this was a medium-difficulty Phi crossword which I worked my way through at a fairly even … Read more >>

I have not solved or blogged many puzzles by Hieroglyph, so I approached this one with a mixture of curiosity and apprehension. A quick perusal of the across clues revealed a theme (revolving … Read more >>

Today is Thursday, a compiling slot not infrequently occupied by Nestor. Alas, it has not recently fallen to me to blog a Nestor, so I was pleased to see his name alongside today’s … Read more >>

I was rather surprised to see that Morph was occupying the Friday spot this week. I suppose that I should immediately have asked myself if there was something about this puzzle, appearing on … Read more >>

Scorpion has the honour of occupying the Tuesday slot this week. The Tuesday puzzle often involves a theme or a Nina, I have spotted two potentials themes. Firstly, eight entries contain double letters … Read more >>

It’s Wednesday, so unsurprisingly Dac-day today, and we have a set of Dac’s customary well-honed clues with smooth surfaces. Overall, I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, which I plugged away at … Read more >>

eXternal has given us plenty to get our teeth into this Thursday morning. I found this puzzle exceptionally difficult to get into, and for a long time I had solved only one clue, … Read more >>

Friday is Phi-day, of course, and Phi has duly served up his latest cruciverbal offering for us. I found that I worked my way through this one at a fairly steady pace before … Read more >>