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“The series of crosswords, now known as Inquisitor, began in 1988, headed simply Crossword. It has since appeared every Saturday, except on …
Hihoba -Eclogue
While writing this blog, I have just heard the bad news about the Christmas lockdown! As this will come out just after …
Mike – Raich
Raich is a fairly prolific, and long-standing, Indy and IOS setter, but this is the first of his Indys I have blogged - although I did cover a couple of his Enigmatic Variations barred/thematic puzzles, way back in 2011 and beyond!
PeeDee – Leonidas
A very nice puzzle. Traditional in style but not not old-fashioned in delivery. Thank you Leonidas. ACROSS 1 PTERODACTYLS Early birds in …
Duncan – Phi
Phi gives us a good challenge to end the working week (if there is such a standard thing these days) …
Inquisitor Review of 2019-20 by Nimrod
A Trivial Pursuit – II Last year, as an exercise suggested by a solver who emailed to say that he was somewhat …
Financial Times 16,416 by JULIUS
I hope Julius will forgive me for saying that this puzzle contains a lot rubbish. Thank you Julius. ACROSS 1 LITTER BAGS …
Paul’s Utility (Serpent)
Very entertaining to both solve and blog. Thank you Serpent. ACROSS 1 AMICABLE Good-natured question politician once asked himself (8) AM …
Azed – Copy
A carte blanche puzzle for us this week. Sometimes Carte Blanche puzzles require a lot of cold solving before the grid starts …
Independent 10,376 by Crosophile
It’s been a while since I’ve known in advance that I am going to be blogging a daily cryptic so this makes …
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Quiptic 1,085 by Carpathian
An excellent Quiptic as always by Carpathian. This puzzle is full of surfaces that immediately conjure up a mental image, which of …
Guardian 28,226 / Pan
It’s Pan to help cheer up a rather chilly Bank Holiday, with a puzzle with a bit more bite to it than …
Independent 10,572/Bluth
It’s Bank Holiday Monday, it’s not beach weather, and if you’re not quarantined and do venture out you’ll have to understand/obey/lose patience …