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Another good Friday work-out from Phi. We found one or two clues trickier than usual, but the surface readings were all excellent and the wordplay fell into place after a bit of lateral … Read more >>

It is Thursday today so any number of different compilers can by lying in wait for one, although Nestor has always featured prominently in my Thursday blogging slots. Long may that continue, although … Read more >>

A pleasant crossword from Dac where the solution built up gradually with each further pass through the acrosses and downs.  I found the crossing letters particularlly helpful when solving this puzzle.     … Read more >>

A nice accessible crossword from Eimi today, with only one or two clues that I struggled to understand. The very strange grid, with its preponderance of three-letter answers and its unches at the … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism My criticism of Nimrod is that he sometimes does seem to go out of his way to make the puzzle as difficult as possible, … Read more >>

Apologies for the delay with this one. I lost my laptop mid-week and had to re-solve this online. In doing so, I’ve lost the name of the setter! It was just as much … Read more >>

I haven’t come across Jambazi as a setter before – but as a prize-puzzle obsessive I would have missed his midweek Indy debut puzzle, blogged back at the end of July by duncanshiell, and … Read more >>

It was no surprise this Friday morning to find that I had a Phi puzzle to grapple with. As is customary, I sailed through about half the clues before grinding to a halt … Read more >>

Monk has given us a puzzle today where the clues mostly generate words that are in everyday use, or are words that we have come across before.  One or two of them perhaps, … Read more >>

The usual excellent experience from Dac. So many of these clues are really good that it would be pointless to give a huge list of them. All I can say is that there … Read more >>

Greetings to all from Soriano nel Cimino! We really should be tackling this offering from Tyrus over a 1across, but we really don’t like milky coffee! We found this an enjoyable solve, although … Read more >>

Another pleasing and straightforward Monday crossword from Quixote, which probably would not have detained an experienced solver for long, but which would be perfect for beginning or improving puzzlers.       Abbreviations … Read more >>

A fairly swift solve this week, although I’m sure I’ve struggled a little with Hypnos in the past. I liked that Hypnos managed to work some quite involved wordplay into several clues, without … Read more >>

We always look forward to tackling Anax puzzles, albeit with a slight sense of trepidation at the devilish nature of his clueing. This lived up to our expectations, and despite some unusual words, … Read more >>

I feel that this was a fairly standard offering from Phi today.  No themes, messages, or pangrams that I can see, just a sound national daily crossword puzzle that some solvers can complete … Read more >>