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The usual friendly Monday crossword from Quixote. Not much to add really except for a comment by Quixote himself. Across 1 SENTENCE Part of a message maybe despatched from ‘ere (8)   SENT … Read more >>

Poins has become a bit of a regular in the IoS slot over the last couple of years, and I always look forward to solving and blogging his/her puzzles.  This was a value … Read more >>

A second consecutive duel with Klingsor. And fun as always. Another selection of varied-construct clues this week. 1ac and 10ac from the highly original set. 22ac – most likely has been done before but so … Read more >>

Phi goes on and on producing these very pleasant crosswords. At the moment there are some here I simply can’t understand, but let’s hope that by the time I’ve finished doing the blog … Read more >>

It’s Thursday so we expected a tricky solve……. There was some really good clueing which was not surprising, given that the setter was Nestor. However we were and still are, completely stumped by … Read more >>

Dac is occupying the Wednesday slot again this week, as you might expect. Speaking to a fellow solver about Dac’s puzzles last week, he said that he always comes back to a puzzle … Read more >>

This was a puzzle with a theme.         The theme may not be common knowledge to everyone, especially those solvers from outside the United Kingdom.  The wordplay however is fairly … Read more >>

In terms of difficulty, this was somewhat akin to beating Australia at cricket – occasional bits of resistance but mostly a pushover. Having said that, there were some nicely written clues – I … Read more >>

I remember that this didn’t pose too much of a problem, at the time of solving.  Like this one, I’ve enjoyed Raich’s puzzles in the weekday Indy, and also liked and blogged his … Read more >>

Phew! What a scorcher…and I don’t mean the actual summer heatwave we are enjoying (enduring?) here in the UK, I mean the tough mental workout this week, from a man at the top … Read more >>

How time flies! It’s Phi-day again already. The grid will suit those solvers who like lots of checking letters. However, despite all of these we still had a bit of difficulty with a … Read more >>

It hadn’t fallen to me to blog a Morph puzzle for a good few months, so I attacked this morning’s offering with particular gusto. I seemed very much to be on Morph’s wavelength … Read more >>

After last week’s Anax puzzle, my blog returns to the calmer waters of a Dac.       This was another of Dac’s good sound crosswords where you know that the clues will … Read more >>

Radian has given us a good crossword themed around this week’s big golfing event, The Open (at Muirfield, which has attracted adverse publicity because of its exclusion of women). At least I’m pretty … Read more >>

Those that followed a thread elsewhere in cruciverbal cyberspace a few weeks ago will have seen an opinion expressed about bloggers being sycophantic, and blogs here and elsewhere being unhealthy blogger and setter … Read more >>