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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 29, 2020 For Leap Day, we get a special puzzle from Gozo.  It must have taken him some struggle to fit this together and have … Read more >>

A great puzzle! Not hard by Io’s standards, but that certainly doesn’t make a puzzle easy… Thank you Io. There are various references to tea and tea making in here, but I don’t … Read more >>

Thanks Moo for the (debut?) puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Woman in Congress almost completely mad (6) BONKER : “bonkers”(completely mad/insane) minus its last letter(almost …). Defn: Woman (or … Read more >>

It would appear that Turbolegs is not going to be with us today so here is a quick analysis of the clues. . . Across 1 Hostile European male in charge of a … Read more >>

I hope Julius will forgive me for saying this, but what a lot of rubbish! Thank you Julius. ACROSS 1 LITTER BAGS Spooner’s resentful convicts found down in the dumps (6,4) Spoonersim of … Read more >>

A satisfying challenge from ZAMORCA this morning… And, if I'm not much mistaken, a pangram to boot! All good stuff, though I think my parsing of 14d and 27a is a bit dodgy. … Read more >>

Another elegantly crafted puzzle from Redshank. Thank you. ACROSS 1 CANDELABRA Where tapers are balanced unsteadily by artist (10) anagram (unsteadily) of BALANCED then RA (Royal Academician, artist) 7 WEAR Conflict over East … Read more >>