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A very enjoyable Sunday crossword from Poins, with at least a couple of chuckles along the way. Whilst I think I’ve almost explained everything, one or two bits and pieces didn’t quite click … Read more >>

So Grand National day, so is there a horsey theme to today’s puzzle? And if there was would I actually notice it? Evens 2 – 1 8 – 1 500 – 1 outsider … Read more >>

It’s Friday and it’s a puzzle by Phi so all’s well in the crossword world.       There were some interesting clues in today’s offering. I remember a boring summer in the … Read more >>

As we always expect nowadays, a thoroughly good workout from Anax that I thought was, for him, on the marginally easy side. The clues are tight and efficient and some of them quite … Read more >>

As usual, a great puzzle from Dac with excellent surfaces, ingenious clue constructions and a good mix of fairly straightforward clues and some which challenged the grey matter. We found it hard to … Read more >>

It is Tuesday morning, so you can never quite be sure which compiler you will have to pit your wits against, but you can be almost sure that you will have some theme … Read more >>

I’ve not come across Alchemi before, but this seemed to be very much in the tradition of reasonably gentle Quixote Monday puzzles. There were a few where the wordplay took a bit of … Read more >>

I haven’t blogged a Kairos puzzle before, but having had a brief look in the Fifteensquared archive I see he made his Indy debut earlier this year.  I enjoyed tussling with this one, … Read more >>

An interesting mixture from Nimrod here – a plethora of long answers – six 15-letter entries – and a smidge-ette of a theme which, unless I missed something, didn’t seem to develop into anything … As it … Read more >>

The usual excellent crossword from Phi.  I took a bit longer than usual to get started, but once afloat all was well and the typically sound clueing didn’t hold me back too much. … Read more >>

Bert looked at this puzzle and immediately solved two clues. He knew that Joyce would not be too pleased if he carried on looking and solved further answers as quickly! As it happened, … Read more >>

It is Wednesday today, and not the last in the month, so it must be time for my regular blogging appointment with Dac. I made swifter than normal progress through this Dac puzzle, … Read more >>

I haven’t blogged a Tees puzzle for some time, so it was a pleasure to see his name on this one       Many of Tees clues have quite complex wordplay, constructed … Read more >>

A puzzle from Quixote that was full of non-Ximenean constructions, loose cluing and obscure definitions.  What’s the world coming to? What’s the date again?  There is a nod to it across the top … Read more >>

Just a bit harder than the other Hypnos puzzles I have blogged previously. Thanks Hypnos. A few references to the movies, but can’t see any theme though. Definitions are underlined in the clues.  … Read more >>