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Today brings the start of a new month and my monthly encounter with Dac. Although Wednesday is typically Dac day, I did a double take when I saw that he had chosen this … Read more >>
I enjoyed this puzzle by Scorpion. It made me think outside the box a bit. The vocabulary in the grid wasn’t too obscure. Some may disagree about UBUNTU (23 across). … Read more >>
eXternal, one of the Indy’s young breed of setters today.
An enjoyable Sunday outing with Raich, to whom thanks. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Bill Dad’s accepted at centre of Faro inn? (5,3) TAPAS BAR : TAB(the bill for spending, say, … Read more >>
It seems to bit a little while since I’ve come up against Monk. I always enjoy the challenged, but can rarely quite finish a puzzle off. That was the case here, where 13 … Read more >>
Phi-day again and, despite some unusual words, we found this an enjoyable and fairly straightforward challenge. There is a Shakespearean Nina round three sides of the perimeter, and one or two theatrical references … Read more >>
I have had few opportunities to solve and blog puzzles compiled by Alchemi so far, so I was rather looking forward to this, despite having to rely on a less than optimum internet … Read more >>
There was only one entry in today’s puzzle that was a word I didn’t recognise. I don’t think I’ve come across DARKLING (7 down) before. but the wordplay was fairly … Read more >>
A medium-difficulty puzzle from Hob today; indeed for a Tuesday this was perhaps a quite easy one. Apart from my very minor quibble in 23dn the clues are good, particularly 16ac, 6dn, 11dn and 14dn. Basil Fawlty told the American in ‘Waldorf Salad’ that he was always talking about bottoms; in the same vein I might say that there is rather a lot of sex here.
Bucko is a relatively new compiler so I was unsure what to expect. I found this on the easy side but with a few clues where the parsings required some effort to understand. … Read more >>
I found this more of a challenge than the usual Sunday puzzle. Very enjoyable it was too. Thanks Hypnos.
Ooo, I struggled a bit with this one. I had what felt like a slow start, but then cold-solved a clutch of down clues which led to a few others, so was happy enough … Read more >>
Today brought me my regular monthly lexical tussle with Phi. I actually found this one towards the easier end of the Phi spectrum. The grid certainly helped, in that it provided a lot … Read more >>
It’s been a while since I blogged an Anax crossword . I’ve always found Anax’s puzzles require a good deal of lateral thinking and I get a great deal of … Read more >>
There is never anything new to say about Dac. As usual this is a thoroughly neat and satisfactory crossword. I found it a little harder than Dac usually is, although when I look back at the clues there seems to be no reason for this.
Definitions underlined.