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A fairly tough Saturday workout from Punk this weekend… …nothing obvious (to me) on the thematic/Nina front, but some complicated parsings and nice surface readings. PORK SCRATCHINGS, GENE SIMMONS and LEAD SINGER among my … Read more >>
Anglio is occupying this week’s Thursday slot, offering me a first opportunity to blog one of his puzzles. I found this to be a fairly challenging puzzle to solve and quite an intricate … Read more >>
Silvanus is not a setter I have blogged very often. It’s always good to try new challenges. There were a couple of motor racing references with LEWIS HAMILTON as an … Read more >>
Knut often seems to get me, which at least from my point of view is no problem at all, because as usual this is a pleasant and well-constructed puzzle. There are one or two clues which I’m a little vague about, as outlined below, but no doubt they will be explained and it will all be quite obvious.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
Another new setter in the Indy stable. The editor has introduced a few over the last number of years, and they have all proved to be reliable, entertaining and sometimes innovative. What will … Read more >>
Thanks to Hoskins for his usual fine clue surfaces. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Harmonise with Liberal breaking wind (5) BLEND : L(abbrev. for a member of the Liberal Party) … Read more >>
Serpent slithers into the Saturday slot this week. At first sight we were intrigued by the unusual grid with no less than eight three-letter words in the middle. We then realised that … Read more >>
Phi’s latest puzzle graces the last of the mid-week slots for this week. I am currently in Helsinki in temperatures of around +30, but I have found a quiet and relatively cool corner … Read more >>
Klingsor has given us a enjoyable blocked crossword today without too many obscure words CELERITY (3 down) was new to me, KEPI at 14 across is a fairly common form … Read more >>
A nice gentle crossword in keeping with the Wednesday traditions laid down by Dac and so ably continued by people like Eccles. It all worked out very comfortably and pleasantly, with the exception of my stupid mistake on 1dn described below.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
It’s well over a year since we last blogged an Alchemi, and we were looking forward to this one. Unfortunately, we found it to be a bit of a disappointment. It was … Read more >>
Tees again in the “easy” slot…
I have not seen Loglady’s name on a puzzle before, but I believe this is actually her second outing in the Indy. Always nice to see new setters come along. Thank you Loglady whoever you are.
Records seem to indicate that I—and others—have had a bit of a hard time with Hob puzzles in the past. This one didn’t seem quite as difficult as some I remember, but initial … Read more >>