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Vulcan fills his / her regular fortnightly slot with a typical Monday medley of anagrams, charades and double and cryptic definitions. Thanks for the puzzle, Vulcan. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across … Read more >>

An inventive and entertaining puzzle. Thank you Puck. Having spotted Toulouse Lautrec as my first one in I was expecting an easy ride with write-ins of famous paintings. Then I discovered how may … Read more >>

It’s Picaroon rounding off the weekday puzzles, following Nutmeg with another lovely offering. (I shan’t be surprised if crypticsue calls me ‘Lucky Eileen’ again.) The answers went in steadily, with half a dozen … Read more >>

A fun puzzle and some really lovely clues – my favourites were 1ac, 12ac, 21ac, 24ac, 5dn, 7dn, and especially 3dn. Thanks to Nutmeg   ACROSS 1 BROAD HINT Meaningful nudge from flam­boyant … Read more >>

Mostly very straightforward clueing from Brummie today, and a quick solve for me, though I was held up by the parsing of 11a. I was almost immediately tipped off to the theme by … Read more >>

A themed offering from Crucible this morning. This was a fun puzzle, with a fairly obvious theme. The themed entries are highlighted in the grid (green for direct theme entries, fuchsia for theme-related … Read more >>

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28190. For my money, the best Anto yet, by far. Bravo. ACROSS 7 BOOM BOOM Report on economic success indicates it’s a joke! (4,4) Now here’s an … Read more >>

Seeing Picaroon on Friday suggested Paul (since we hadn’t seen him during the week) for the Saturday slot, which would bring him back into sync with my monthly Saturday blog – but it … Read more >>

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28188. I must say that my first reaction on completing this puzzle was that it was a good workmanlike job, but on reflection, I see this an … Read more >>

It’s Paul setting the challenge this morning, after nearly two weeks’ absence. Here we have an entertaining puzzle, with a variety of clues, some a bit 27ac – but it’s Paul – and … Read more >>

A fun challenge – my favourites were 4ac, 9ac, 15ac, and 4dn. Thanks to Qaos… …there is a theme around SPINAL TAP, a fictional band from the mockumentary This is Spinal Tap [wiki] … Read more >>

Pasquale in gentle mood today, with almost no obscurities (for me, anyway: others may disagree). Mostly very straightforward clueing, with a couple of devices that have been round the block a few times. … Read more >>

The commenters on the Guardian website seem to like this one, so who am I to argue? I’ll be frank. This was not my type of puzzle, but one man’s meat is another … Read more >>