I’m really sticking my neck out here but there seems to be some problem about today’s blog. The normal practice would be for Gaufrid to ask for a replacement, or to await offers, when a blog fails to appear, but he’s not able to be contacted at the moment. I thought this puzzle was far too good not to have a blog – and the musical theme is right up my street! – so I’ve taken the liberty, very late in the day, of hastily producing a rather minimalistic blog, in order to facilitate discussion.  Many thanks, Crucible – I really loved it and I’m only sorry not to have had time to expand on it and do it full justice

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A suitably tricky Thursday puzzle from Klingsor, which took quite a bit of sorting out!

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Sil is still out of the country and back in the Netherlands having his plumbing sorted out, so I’m again standing in for him. The puzzle is from Monday 18^th June.

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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 16, 2012

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