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It is the last Wednesday of the month, so it must be Dac’s week off and time for a puzzle from Crosophile. After last week’s struggle at the hands of Nimrod, I was … Read more >>

Jambazi is not a setter’s name that I have come across before.  Given the subject matter common to many of the clues, I suspect Jambazi is a one-off pseudonym of a regular Independent setter. … Read more >>

The Don was saying in Another Place last week that if you wanted his most accessible puzzles, then the Monday Indy with his Quixote hat on was the place to come.  And so … Read more >>

I seem to recall that it took me some time to get into this, but did finally complete the answers and parsing.  (Is it my imagination or are the IoS puzzles gradually getting … Read more >>

I must admit that this looked like being a somewhat embarassing “I don’t have a clue what’s going on here” blog post pretty much right up until the last clue was solved. Thankfully, … Read more >>

We always look forward to our blog on a Friday. Phi never seems to disappoint and even when we have finished the puzzle we start looking for hidden themes or ninas. We’ve missed … Read more >>

The honour of blogging a Nimrod puzzle had not fallen to me for a long time, so I approached the task this morning with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Having completed the puzzle … Read more >>

Another pleasant diversion from Dac with clues that read very well and solutions that are virtually all words in everyday use.       There were just a couple of entries that were … Read more >>

As usual a nice crossword from Anax, with some excellent clues and what one expects in the way of original ideas for wordplay. The fact that four of the answers have less than … Read more >>

I found this a mixture of quite easy and very tricky, solving it in 32 mins though I’d all but the last four answers in around half that time.      There are two where … Read more >>

A nice Sunday challenge from Poins. I definitely found this tougher than some of his/her weekday puzzles and needed the rain break during the tennis to finish it off. No problems with any … Read more >>

I think I am beginning to recognise Monk’s style.  Straight, non-thematic crosswords clued with a range of difficulty.  Some relatively accessible clues to start with, but nothing too obvious, so you can make … Read more >>

This Friday morning, as is customary, saw me pitting my wits against Phi’s latest offering. I enjoyed completing this grid, with its four long entries; it is not one that I recall having … Read more >>

This was a crossword that did not have complex wordplay, but it was still an enjoyable challenge.  The wordplay in  majority of the clues followed an additive or double definition route.     … Read more >>

As usual from Dac, an impressive contribution. Several of these clues have an &lit. quality (and quality is the word), so many in fact that while solving one tends to say “I can’t see … Read more >>