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I didn’t know I was going to be blogging this puzzle until after I had finished it otherwise I would have made some notes at the time. Fortunately all the parsing is straightforward … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Feb 3 A fairly typical Dante puzzle, pleasant and smooth – nothing too taxing (apart from 1ac, perhaps – well, for me it was). Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 1, 2014 I found this easier than most Bradman puzzles although it still presented a decent challenge. My choice clues are 9a (EXEMPLIFIED) and 26a … Read more >>

As I often do, I started at the end and worked backwards through the clues which meant that I didn’t see the key 1ac until it was referenced in one of the other … Read more >>

I found this slightly tricky in places because of some parsing that seemed initially to be a little tenuous. However, all became clear in the end though I’m still not sure that I … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 27 Mudd on a Monday, a welcome change. As one might expect from this setter another good crossword – even if there were, once more, quite a lot of double … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 25, 2014 I found this puzzle easy. My favourite clues are 11a (BUGBEAR) and 18d (ANDORRA). I also note the cleverness of starting two consecutive … Read more >>

(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added.  Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.)  Today, Gaff has given us a … Read more >>

A timely puzzle from Sayang ushering in the Year of the Horse, its Chinese New Year over this weekend. I thought the grid was quite straightforward and that the setter had decided to … Read more >>

I thought this was a marvellous puzzle from a setter I don’t think I’m familiar with (in this guise at least): witty, inventive, original and challenging. It was such a fun solve I … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 20 If my memory serves me well, I think I found this Dante puzzle slightly harder than average for our beloved setter. I also remember me not immensely enjoying the … Read more >>