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It was no surprise this Friday morning to find that I had a Phi puzzle to grapple with. As is customary, I sailed through about half the clues before grinding to a halt … Read more >>

It’s my turn to blog the crossword this Tuesday, one of those days when you can never quite be sure whose work you will be pitting your wits against. It hadn’t fallen to … Read more >>

Dac is appearing today in his regular Wednesday slot, although it has not fallen to me to blog one of his puzzles for quite a while. As is customary for me when solving … Read more >>

When you are allocated the Thursday slot as a blogger, you never quite know which compiler you will have to cross swords with, since the editor seems to draw on a wider range … Read more >>

It is Friday today, so it is a pretty safe bet that a puzzle by Phi will await solvers. I found this one quite a challenge to solve, and the elaborate wordplay required … Read more >>

I haven’t blogged an Eimi puzzle for a while, apart from the joint effort from him and Nimrod to mark the publication of the 8,000th Independent crossword, so I attacked this one with … Read more >>

It is the last Wednesday of the month, so it must be Dac’s week off and time for a puzzle from Crosophile. After last week’s struggle at the hands of Nimrod, I was … Read more >>

The honour of blogging a Nimrod puzzle had not fallen to me for a long time, so I approached the task this morning with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Having completed the puzzle … Read more >>

This Friday morning, as is customary, saw me pitting my wits against Phi’s latest offering. I enjoyed completing this grid, with its four long entries; it is not one that I recall having … Read more >>

It is a while since I have solved or blogged a Radian, so I was relishing the challenge this morning. In light of my recent failures to spot Ninas, I was on my … Read more >>

As it is the last Wednesday of the month, it is Dac’s day off, so I have crossed swords with Crosophile today. Since I am not yet that familiar with Crosophile’s work, I … Read more >>

My apologies to one and all for the late post – I was kept away from my computer until after lunch. In my humble opinion, a Nestor puzzle is always a joy to … Read more >>

It is Friday today so, in the absence of any special occasion calling for a commemorative puzzle, it must be a Phi-day! I took longer over this one than I do over the … Read more >>

In the midst of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations it seems only fitting that we should be marking a landmark of our own: a cruciverbal milestone, namely the publication today of the eight-thousandth Independent … Read more >>

As it is the last Wednesday of the month, one would expect to find Crosophile standing in for Dac. I found this puzzle hard to get into, perhaps because, as I realised today, … Read more >>