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Scorpion has filled today’s slot with a puzzle that befits Ryder Cup week. References to golf abound in this puzzle, either in clues – e.g. 4, 25D – or solutions – e.g. 8, … Read more >>

It was no surprise to find Dac occupying the Wednesday slot this week. Nor was it a surprise to find another set of carefully crafted, highly sound clues. Overall, I found that this … Read more >>

Tyrus is the cruciverbal brain behind today’s puzzle, on a grid allowing for as many as five 15-letter entries. I found this to be a fairly tough and above all highly entertaining solve. … Read more >>

Monk is occupying Phi’s usual Friday slot today. Having solved the puzzle, I see no particular reason, e.g. a theme or anniversary, that would explain why Friday is not Phiday this week, but … Read more >>

It has fallen to Scorpion to put us through our cruciverbal paces today. I had to chip away at this one, gradually working my way through the clues, rather than solving them in … Read more >>

It is Wednesday today and thus home to Dac’s latest offering. Dac has served up another set of succinct clues with silky smooth surfaces – his trademark, in other words. It took longer … Read more >>

The Thursday slot, home to a wide variety of compilers, is hosting Morph’s latest offering today. I found this puzzle quite a challenge, and after an initial flurry of ten or so clues, … Read more >>

It’s Friday today, so it’s almost guaranteed to be a Phi-day! I made pretty steady progress through this one, struggling with 17 and 18 in the SE quadrant and 7, 8 and 11 … Read more >>

It is Tuesday today, the slot being occupied by Monk this week. It is a long time since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Monk. I made steady, rather … Read more >>

Dac is occupying his traditional Wednesday slot, while this blogger is exceptionally late with his blog for technical reasons beyond his control, alas. Finding a wi-fi network strong enough to upload this blog … Read more >>

It has fallen to Morph to occupy the Thursday compiling slot this week and to me to occupy the associated blogging slot. I thoroughly enjoyed this one, which provided a moderate-to-difficult challenge and … Read more >>

It wouldn’t be Friday without Phi, would it?! I found this tougher than the average Phi puzzle and made fairly slow progress through the whole grid. The SE corner proved to be the … Read more >>

It’s Tuesday today, with its typical pot pourri of compilers, and today it falls for me to do battle with Hob. I found solving and blogging this puzzle involved quite a lot of … Read more >>

Unusually, Quixote is occupying the Wednesday slot, where I was expecting to find Crosophile, it being the last Wednesday of the month. I found this a fairly straightforward solve, which never goes amiss … Read more >>

When you see that Nimrod has produced the day’s puzzle, you know for sure that there are plenty of fun and games in store. Today’s puzzle was no exception, offering lots of entertainment … Read more >>