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The usual Monday comfort fare of (mainly) cds, dds, and anagrams from Rufus.  Enjoyable, even if short in solving.  Thanks to Rufus.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have … Read more >>

I enjoyed this very much, it has the stamp of a Paul puzzle all over it.  My favourite was 7dn for its intriguing simplicity.  Thank you Paul. Across 1 BRANDY Kind heart of … Read more >>

A very enjoyable puzzle from Puck, with lots of clever and tricky clueing. I thought 14a was particularly good (after I realised it wasn’t just a cryptic definition), but there were many others … Read more >>

Paul at his cheekiest, if not his most difficult. Across 1 GOBBLER double def =”One eating”; =”turkey” 5 ADVANCE =”Go on” A + TRIP=”dance” around V[enezuelan] 10 SAGA =”story” SAG=”Drop” + A 11 … Read more >>

After an A1 superb start, the puzzle sort of fizzled out, with starts and splutters, apparently with a mini-theme of the author moving home soon. Cannot say this is Boatman’s best; but we … Read more >>

The familiar Rufus medley of anagrams and double and cryptic definitions.  Some witty misdirection and the usual silky surfaces made this an entertaining puzzle for me – a couple of unusual words, but … Read more >>

I’m well into my fifth year of blogging and I’ve never before landed an Araucaria Bank Holiday Prize puzzle, and so it was with a mixture of excitement and trepidation that I looked … Read more >>

As with all Araucaria puzzles, I had to keep plugging away at it, and even then had to use the cheat button for the last one in. There is an unusual construction for … Read more >>

It’s a while since we saw a Bonxie puzzle, so I was glad to see his name today. Some interesting cluing, including one [8dn] where I thought I was going to have to … Read more >>

Quite a fair to middling kind of puzzle with the expected Gordian obscurities thrown in here and there. Across 1 SKINFLINT Mean injunction after non-U plenitude of drink (9) SKINFUL (plenitude of drink) … Read more >>