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Guardian 28,201 / Brendan

August 8, 2020 at 12:01 am by mhl

It’s lovely to get a chance to write a post about a Brendan crossword – he’s one of my favourite setters, and …

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Guardian 28,177 / Paul

July 11, 2020 at 12:01 am by mhl

A fun puzzle with a subtle theme of misdirections. I probably wouldn’t have noticed the theme here, except that I managed to …

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Guardian 28,153 / Paul

June 13, 2020 at 12:01 am by mhl

I think this puzzle is a masterpiece. The surface reading of every excellent clue in Paul’s D-Day themed puzzle is evocative of …

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Guardian 26,549 / Enigmatist

April 25, 2015 at 12:01 am by mhl

As usual with Enigmatist’s crosswords, I found this very difficult. Fortunately my colleague Abi kindly helped out in the middle of the …

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Guardian 26,525 / Arachne

March 28, 2015 at 12:01 am by mhl

It looks as if, the way these things turn out, this is the first of Arachne’s puzzles that I’ve written the blog …

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Guardian 26,501 / Pasquale

February 28, 2015 at 8:44 am by mhl

It’s always a pleasure to post about a Pasquale crossword, which for me hasn’t come round in a while. This one had …

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Guardian 26,477 / Paul

January 31, 2015 at 12:01 am by mhl

A satisfying prize crossword from Paul; not too difficult but lots to enjoy. There was a nice mini-theme relating to the placement …

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Guardian 26,453 / Paul

January 3, 2015 at 12:01 am by mhl

After the slog of the big Christmas crossword, this was a welcome relief – a fun and fairly quick solve, lots of …

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Guardian 26,119 / Otterden

December 7, 2013 at 12:01 am by mhl

I think this is only the second Guardian puzzle from Otterden, who sets the New Statesman crossword. As prize crosswords go, this …

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Guardian Genius 125 / Paul

December 1, 2013 at 3:11 pm by mhl

Quite typically, I forgot I was meant to be blogging the Genius puzzle this month, so we solved it in a rush …

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Guardian 26,095 / Philistine

November 9, 2013 at 12:01 am by mhl

A satisfying prize puzzle from Philistine, with a nice theme that I won’t reveal until the next paragraph … The theme was …

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