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What would Wednesday be without a Dac (or an occasional Crosophile)? Dac has come up trumps again with a set of finely crafted, wholly sound clues – does he ever not? – with … Read more >>

The Thursday slot is shared by a range of compilers, so you never quite know who you will be doing battle with. Today’s slot is occupied by Tees, whose work I haven’t blogged … Read more >>

My apologies for the late posting of this Friday’s offering from Phi – I have had baby-sitting duties today and thus very little time to myself. Indeed, on a day of bottle-warming and … Read more >>

When you notice that a puzzle has been set by Donk, you know you have a treat in store, both as a solver and as a blogger. Today’s puzzle was no exception. This … Read more >>

Dac is at home today in his regular Wednesday slot. A set of smooth, sound and concise clues, up to Dac’s usual high standard, which offered me a decent work-out to start the … Read more >>

Today’s offering is by a compiler whose work I have not knowingly encountered before. One always approaches the work of a “new” setter with a sense of eager anticipation, tinged with nervous anxiety … Read more >>

Phi is occupying this week’s Friday slot, as is to be expected. I found this one to be an easier-than-average Phi solve and made fairly swift progress through it. Bizarrely, 25 held me … Read more >>

Tuesday is one of the slots that rotate among a group of setters, and today it falls to Tyrus to occupy it. Last time I blogged a Tyrus I decidedly underperformed as a … Read more >>

I was expecting to see Dac occupying his regular Wednesday slot this morning, and there he was with his latest offering. I found this a harder-than-average Dac. Despite having solved a handful of … Read more >>

It is Thursday today, a slot that is traditionally occupied by any one of a pool of compilers, and this time it is occupied by Anax. Whenever you see a crossword signed Anax, … Read more >>

This Friday brings us the latest offering from Phi, who is occupying his customary slot. I made steady progress through this (in my view, medium-difficulty) Phi puzzle, only to come unstuck at the … Read more >>

It is Tuesday today and it falls to me to bog Hob’s latest puzzle, my second opportunity to do so in the last two months. I found this a quirky and thoroughly entertaining … Read more >>

It’s Wednesday today, so time for my weekly dose of Dac. I thought I was going to race through this one, and indeed I did speed through the first two thirds; the final … Read more >>

It was only a month ago that I had the pleasure of blogging a puzzle by Morph, so I was not expecting to get to blog another for quite some time. I found … Read more >>

It is Friday today and Phi is occupying his usual slot. I made steady progress through this one, which I consider to be of about average difficulty for Phi. I hesitated for a … Read more >>