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Today’s sees Punk’s latest offering, sure to stretch and to entertain in equal measure. In actual fact, this puzzle stretched me less than many of Punk’s creations have, although the dip in level … Read more >>

No surprise this morning to have Phi’s latest offering to grapple with over breakfast. I found this a tougher than average Phi solve, not least since the three clues that I was unable … Read more >>

It hadn’t fallen to me to blog a Scorpion puzzle for quite some time, so I attacked this one with gusto. A quick glance through the clues reveals that there is a theme … Read more >>

As today is the last Wednesday of the month, I was gearing up for a Crosophile puzzle. Since Crosophile provided yesterday’s crossword and for no apparent (thematic) reason, I assumed that there must … Read more >>

I had quite a struggle solving this one and explaining the wordplay to my satisfaction. I think that I got there in the end with all but one clue, 28, so I look … Read more >>

Our Indy Good Friday crossword challenge this morning has been provided by Phi. 18 was one of the first clues that I solved, which made me suspect that there was to be an … Read more >>

This Tuesday has brought my latest encounter with Radian, of which there have been many over the last six months or so. I found that I made fairly swift progress through this one, … Read more >>

Dac returns to his spiritual home of the Wednesday slot this week. After the difficulties I had penetrating last week’s wordplay, I was somewhat relieved to find that I could parse most, if … Read more >>

It has been a while since I have solved and blogged a puzzle by Donk, so I attacked this morning’s challenge with gusto. There are a fair few short entries in this grid, … Read more >>

It wouldn’t be Friday without Phi, would it?! I found this one trickier than the average Phi and, indeed, I would not have finished it without searching for the last two entries – … Read more >>

This morning saw my latest Tuesday tussle with Radian. This particular puzzle had a more obvious theme than some previous ones, in that many of the clues referred explicitly to languages. As such, … Read more >>

It is Wednesday today, so it was no surprise to find Dac’s latest offering to tackle this morning. I found this easier than the average Dac puzzle, and made steady progress from start … Read more >>

It is a long time since I have had the task of blogging a Morph puzzle, so I was keen to see how I would cope with it, first with solving the clues, … Read more >>

I was expecting this Friday to bring me a lexical tussle with Phi, and so it did. This was a puzzle I was expecting to whizz through, having worked out all the longer … Read more >>

It is the third time in recent months that I have blogged a Tuesday puzzle by Radian, but I am certainly not complaining! I suppose there simply had to be a puzzle during … Read more >>