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Apologies for the late appearance of this post. PeeDee asked me to cover for him on the 10th and 16th but he should have been back today. Unfortunately I had some problems with my … Read more >>

This was tricky in parts – quite a few red-herrings posing as indicators.  Got it in the end, and thanks to Tuesday regular Armonie.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at … Read more >>

A gentle workout         Across 1 COLOSSAL huge LOSS (defeat) in COAL (fossil fuel) 5 SHARES parts HARE (animal) in SS (ship) 9 RUTHLESS having no pity (HUSTLERS)* 10 BANTAM … Read more >>

It’s the first day of the Lord’s Test, so I was glad this puzzle from Alberich didn’t delay me beyond the start of Test Match Special. A quick-ish solve but a very enjoyable … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Jul 8 A pleasant puzzle by Falcon with quite a lot of charades, envelopes and anagram-based clues. There were four clues in which one had to remove the first or last … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 6, 2013 And there has been great rejoicing throughout cruciverbia because Cincinnus is back in this slot after an interval of nearly three months. For … Read more >>

As we were told that ‘all the across clues lack a thematic definition’ it seemed logical to start with the downs and the first pass through these gave enough entries for me to be … Read more >>

Compared to the previous Hamilton I blogged, some time ago, this was an order of magnitude tougher for me.  The last 8 scattered in 3 of the quadrants took a long time, and … Read more >>

Have not completely resolved all – need suggestions for 26A and 13D         Across 1 BURNOUSE cape BURN (stream) OUSE (river) 5 SQUEAL sing QU (queen) in SEAL (close up) … Read more >>

A fun puzzle, this, from Dogberry, though an easy, breezy solve. A lot of original word selections, which I approve of (perhaps Dogberry was seeking to balance the novelty of, say, 12dn by … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Jul 1 Sometimes I struggle to finish Dante puzzles but not ‘today’ (which was Monday a week ago). I found this crossword actually very easy, yet a pleasant solve. Definitions are … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 29, 2013 I found this puzzle to be a mixture of very easy clues (4A, 19A, 25A, 30A, 5D, etc.) and very tricky ones (10A, … Read more >>

PeeDee is off on his hols so I am standing in for a couple of weeks. It has been over a month now since we last had the pleasure of seeing Cinephile and this … Read more >>

I was able to solve this at a steady pace, but got slowed down in the end by two in the SE quadrant.  Thanks to Jason for an enjoyable puzzle, with some nice misdirections and … Read more >>

Thoughtful clues with ingenious and entertaining content         Across 1 TOP DOG boss OP (work) in (GOT)* G (German) 4 USED CARS heaps US (unserviceable) (SCRAPED)* minus P (power) 10 … Read more >>