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I found this quite easy for a Friday, with some rather obvious clues. A pleasant diversion, though: thanks to Brummie. We have a theme of various cakes and puddings: I can see APPLE-PIE, … Read more >>

Thank you to Nutmeg. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Cooked last of three dishes perhaps lacking third of meat? (9,4) SHEPHERDS PIES : Anagram of(Cooked) [last letter of(last of) “three” … Read more >>

My third Philistine blog in a row – and I’m certainly not complaining. Philistine is up to all his tricks today, causing some problems in the parsing department, but I managed to get … Read more >>

In case you are wondering what’s happened to it, the Maskarade blog has been rescheduled for next Saturday (30th April), the day after the closing date for entries,

A good week for fans of Anto, who also set Monday’s Quiptic, which as far as I remember was rather harder than this puzzle Thanks to Anto.   Across 1 RAP SHEET Spare … Read more >>

Happy Easter, everyone! I hope you have had / are having an enjoyable weekend (and aren’t 11 across 😉 ). I found this puzzle something of a mixed bag – mostly straightforward clues, … Read more >>

A fun but pretty straightforward prize puzzle from Crucible. I enjoyed this one – thanks, Crucible! Across 9. Make good magazine earlier (2,3,4) AT ONE TIME ATONE = “Make good” + TIME = … Read more >>