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It’s Wednesday, it’s a Dac. All is well with the world. No unusual words, no theme, no awkward grid just smooth surfaces and precise clueing. We imagine that a lot of people out … Read more >>

Crosophile’s latest puzzle fills the Tuesday slot this week. I found this a very accessible, but nonetheless highly entertaining, puzzle. I didn’t take me too long to solve it, but there were plenty … Read more >>

This is Daedalus’ fourth appearance in the IoS/Indy, and the third one of those that has fallen to me to cover.  He’s no doubt getting fed up with that, because I wasn’t a … Read more >>

This was a crossword of two halves After my “first pass” I had the entire left hand side complete but not the central down 5D and only a scattering in the right hand side.  Indeed … Read more >>

As it’s Thursday, we expected something a little trickier than usual – and Knut certainly delivered! The last Knut puzzle that we blogged in July was themed around the Greek financial crisis. This … Read more >>

Today saw my monthly encounter with Dac, who is occupying his customary Wednesday slot. For me, this was towards the easy end of the Dac spectrum, and I made swift progress through the … Read more >>

After the themeless crossword from Dac I blogged last Wednesday, this crossword from Hieroglyph fairly obviously has a theme       The theme is one that will appeal to some solvers, but … Read more >>

This is Lohengrin’s first appearance in the Indy; he has had one puzzle published in the Independent on Sunday, which it also fell to me to blog. I found this a bit clunky, … 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.)  Thanks Hypnos for an enjoyable, the … Read more >>

For consecutive blogs  – a tussle with Nimrod for me! An for consecutive blogs a tribute to a recently departed comic actor. Again the clues and grid are littered with references to the … Read more >>

It’s another Friday, and another Phi-day. We found the last two entries quite tricky and had to use a word search as time was pressing on. We’d never heard of 17d before although … Read more >>

It has been a while since it last fell to me to blog an Alchemi crossword, and solving/blogging today’s puzzle has reminded me of just what I’ve been missing. I found this puzzle … Read more >>

Dac has given us a crossword today that should be welcomed by the fans of themeless and ninaless puzzles.       Dac sticks to the basics – good and fair clues together … Read more >>