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The usual outstanding crossword from Dac. Lovely smooth surfaces and so far as I can see nothing remotely controversial. Across 1 EMI(GRAN)T 6 FOSTER — 2 defs, one of which refers to Lord … Read more >>

Radian seems to be doing a French course today. . Bit of an oddity for our theme day, French words, dictionaries, Harry Potter and Tom Cruise. Oh and it’s a pangram of course, … Read more >>

Fairly typical puzzle from Quixote.      Not too difficult – solving time, 20 mins.     Enjoyed it. * = anagram ACROSS 1 PEDALO       ED (editor = journalist) in PAL (friend) O (round).       A boat … Read more >>

It’ll be interesting to hear how other solvers found this. It seemed to me to be a step up in difficulty and inventiveness for Crosophile and for Sundays in general. Either way, it … Read more >>

When I opened the paper on my blogging Saturday my heart sank. Anax popped up on Saturday only 2 weeks ago so I thought I might be spared. First pass I got 6. … Read more >>

I started solving this on late-night public transport after a few drinks and thought to myself that it seemed quite tough. Having re-visited it to finish it off this morning, I think it’s … Read more >>

The usual (although he is a fairly new contributor) good crossword from Klingsor. There is a nice range of clue-types and some of them are very clever. Maybe there is some Nina here but … Read more >>

So it’s Crosophile for me today. I found this mostly straightforward with no obvious Ninas or other setter games being played which is a relief after last week’s Tees. .   Across: 1 … Read more >>

My apologies for a later than normal post: I have just returned home from a holiday and dug out my laptop. I had only previously blogged one puzzle by Scorpion before today, a … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism Morph is becoming almost as regular on Mondays as Quixote and the clues are always of a high standard with good, often very topical … Read more >>

A tricky one this week from Nestor, with a good use of different vocabulary to direct or mis-direct the solver. I found this quite a slog – an enjoyable 27 clues, picked off … Read more >>

As always a nice solving experience from Phi. My heart tends to sink when I see that many of the clues refer to some other clue: one is always slow to get started and … Read more >>

Three cheers for Tees today. I’m back after my week off here setting off a few fireworks and many thanks to Eileen for covering for me. . Well a remarkable crossword today – … Read more >>

With Dac as the mastermind behind today’s puzzle, highly sound clues with smooth-as-silk surface readings were bound to be the order of the day, and Dac did not disappoint. Overall, I very much … Read more >>

Another great puzzle from one half of the Indy’s ‘John H’ setting team (I’m assuming there are no others!) I figured out the novel at 11A from the letters, but having never read … Read more >>