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A nice way to round off the blogging year with a bit of Raich. Lots to admire here, with 14D my pick of the bunch. Across 1 SAGE – [-d(iamonds)]EGAS rev. 3 ACTIVIST … Read more >>

‘Tis the Saturday before Christmas and a puzzle from Tyrus to blog – what could be better? Another Tyrus puzzle full of original ideas led to much head scratching for me, for which … Read more >>

As this is to be my last appearance as a blogger in 2012, I was hoping to produce a comprehensive blog of today’s puzzle, which is by Phi, as might be expected. As … Read more >>

There were some clever clues in this puzzle, including at least three &Lit ones.  Also , a good bit of lateral thinking was required in places.  The puzzle, to my mind, was an … Read more >>

A nice crossword from Anax themed around 16ac and 6dn that so far as I can see, apart from the fact that 16ac is often a Christmas show, has no connection with the season. … Read more >>

Festive fare from the Don         Across 1 MASS dd 3 HAVERSACKS bags AVERS (states) in HACKS (cuts) 9 SKIABLE (IS BLEAK)* 11 EXACTOR demanding person EX ACTOR 12… Once … Read more >>

I think this is the first time I’ve blogged a Donk puzzle, and in fact it may be only the setter’s second appearance on a Sunday. This kept me busy most of the … Read more >>

The first thing that struck me about this puzzle was the amount of white space amongst the clues – combined with the identity of the setter, Anax, this was enough to strike fear … Read more >>

It’s Friday, so it’s Phi with one of those grids that makes you look closely at the result.       Earlier this year – around 7th February – the 200th anniversary of … Read more >>

A very good crossword from Scorpion today, full of excellent clues, and hardly anything to quibble about. It also has a theme of which I approve — it is possible to solve the crossword … Read more >>

A very pleasing puzzle from Dac. There was much to enjoy. We thought that the surface reading of many of the clues was excellent – 12 ac, 14ac and 24ac for example. 19d … Read more >>

This is my first blog of a Jambazi puzzle, and indeed one of the few puzzles of his that I have actually solved, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect this morning. … Read more >>

Punk on the oche again for the Monday offering.  I did enjoy this one: some folk might think the setter’s taken one or two liberties, but I like the fact that there is … Read more >>

Congratulations to whoever won the prize for this offering from Poins.  I thought this was one of the toughest IoS puzzles we’ve had in a while.  That could just be me having a … Read more >>

Well – we really made a mess of this one! Joyce takes full responsibility as Bert was busy earning money!! We  only have access to an ipad at present so we may not … Read more >>