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Radian making a rare Saturday appearance with a puzzle that made a fool of me, twice! Solving went well to begin with.  I made a note: A dozen clues answered at the first pass.  Later … Read more >>

Maize takes over the normal Friday Phi slot today.       The top line of the grid,  LADY BOUNTIFUL,  hints at a theme and study of all the across entries shows that … Read more >>

Sorry about the lateness of this post.  Also its primitiveness: the nice software that I generally use was for some reason unavailable this morning and I did it the old laborious way, writing … Read more >>

It’s great to see Dac back this Wednesday – all the usual smooth surfaces and straightforward clueing.   Are we showing our age (and Dac’s!) with 6d and 24ac? We don’t think that … Read more >>

Hob has provided a puzzle to challenge and delight this Tuesday. I am late posting owing to work commitments, but that has not stopped me from thoroughly enjoying this multi-layered puzzle, with all … Read more >>

I haven’t tackled many Peter puzzles. As is often the case with a relatively unfamiliar setter, a tentative start meant it took me a while to get going. Things soon fell into place … Read more >>

Is June 24th a special day? Well I’m sure it is to some people – so happy birthday to them. To be honest, I didn’t realise there was anything particularly special about 24th … Read more >>

A great Thursday challenge from Klingsor this week that we really enjoyed.   The NE corner went in fairly quickly and as soon as 10 across was solved we both thought – pangram? … Read more >>

Eccles appears to be standing in for Dac in the Wednesday slot this week. And speaking of standing in for people, many thanks to Gaufrid for replacing me at short notice last Thursday, … Read more >>

Kairos is not a setter that I have blogged very often.       When I solved the puzzle I struggled quite a bit.  When I came to write the blog I wondered … Read more >>

I found this a bit of a slog, but that could just be me.   Daedalus has created a Father’s Day puzzle where every clue has a reference to ‘father’ in it, either … Read more >>

A tough-but-fair mental workout from Anax this Saturday… …two 3-linked-words clues at 6D and 18D, which either help or hinder, depending on how quickly you get them (not very quickly, in my case!), and … Read more >>