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Poor old Filbert has had me now three times in a row. In past blogs I have been very enthusiastic about his crosswords, They are hard going, but they always seem to have … Read more >>

It’s been three months of lockdown since we last blogged a Radian puzzle, so we looked forward to this……. … and we found it a little easier than we had expected, but no … Read more >>

I found this quite hard going with the longer clues proving to be quite a struggle. 1 across was particularly difficult with lots of short words, each of which had numerous possibilities. There … Read more >>

An entertaining little tussle. Thank you Shabbo. The clues are straightforward, but nevertheless I found quite a few of them difficult. I attempted this puzzle after a good dinner and several glasses of … Read more >>

This kept me contented for the best part of an hour. In the end I had to look up the Czech river – I have never heard of this one, but I won’t … Read more >>

Phi returns to his regular Friday slot this week.       I don’t think there is a theme to the puzzle, but there is added symmetry formed by the unchecked cells in … Read more >>

My impression (perhaps I’m wrong, because I haven’t done a proper survey [as James says, Phi and Tees appear about twice as often]) is that Serpent appears more often than any of the … Read more >>

Eccles fills the mid-week spot again this week – we’re in for some fun….. ….and we weren’t disappointed. We found this slightly trickier than most recent Eccles offerings, but none the less enjoyable. … Read more >>

Dill is a setter with whose work I am not yet particularly familiar, so I was a bit worried that it could all turn a bit hairy for me. A bit forced, I … Read more >>

Too much footie in the Indy? Definitely. Too much Tees in the Indy? You might think that; I couldn’t possibly comment.     You want both together? This one’s for you, including a … Read more >>

The puzzle can be found here.   Hello everyone.  Thanks to Poins for today’s crossword which kept me occupied for rather longer than most of the Indy puzzles I’ve blogged lately.  I found … Read more >>

Summer is here – well a British summer anyway and a puzzle from Wiglaf to accompany the Pimms, whilst watching the Croquet Some very english seaside resort clues from Wiglaf. Very humourous in … Read more >>

Not the usual Phi on Friday, so something special. You’ll have to wait to find out what. I enjoyed this, some nice clues, although some might object that more than a third of … Read more >>

Have we overslept by 24 hours? Phi on a Thursday? It’s been a strange week for us, with a hospital visit, a visit to the hairdresser for both of us and the first … Read more >>

Tees has provided his latest puzzle for our mid-week entertainment. I found this to be an enjoyable medium-difficulty puzzle and one whose solution revealed itself to me gradually: at no point did I … Read more >>