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As always, a sound and pleasing Quiptic from Pan. I have given full explanations for those still a little mystified by cryptic …
Another very witty puzzle from Bluth, who first appeared as an Independent setter a few months ago and seems to have settled …
The commenters on the Guardian website seem to like this one, so who am I to argue? I’ll be frank. This was …
It had to happen sometime – I have finally solved one of these in one pass. It took about half hour – …
The Observer crossword from July 5, 2020 A nice crossword, perhaps a bit chewier than usual for an Everyman? Of course, we …
Tees has become a regular IoS setter recently. I found this more tricky than many a Tees puzzle, but that could just …
A misprint puzzle from Azed that I have completed, but not fully parsed. I solved this puzzle over four sittings, and have …
An enjoyable puzzle from Dalibor today, with a few ‘might-have-been-topical’ clues?…(if it hadn’t have been for those pesky Covids…)…and some suspicious looking ‘unches’ around the perimeter…
Quite a cryptic preamble this week – clues are normal and then a number of extracts to be found – works by …
A fun puzzle with a subtle theme of misdirections. I probably wouldn’t have noticed the theme here, except that I managed to …
A nice challenge. Thank you to Picaroon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Act weakly to have debts seized by …
It’s the end of another week and once again it’s Phi-Day. It’s always a pleasure to blog a Phi puzzle as even …
An excellent workout from WANDERER that I was only able to crack with dogged determination. Thanks to Setter (!!) D stands for …
Knut has set today’s cruciverbal challenge. It is some time since it last fell to me to blog one of his puzzles. …
Moo returns for his/her fourth FT outing I also blogged the setter's second puzzle and found it to be enjoyable, if not …