January 19, 2014 at 12:00 pm

Independent on Sunday 1,247 by eXternal

January 19, 2014 at 12:00 pm by Simon Harding

I think I may only once have blogged an eXternal puzzle, and goodness me, this one seemed very hard at first. The grid initially filled up very slowly, and from the bottom upwards. … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,245

January 20, 2014 at 11:14 pmJanuary 19, 2014 at 12:00 pm by Simon Harding

This was a strangely similar solving experience to last week, where I thought I’d finished without resorting to aids, only to find I’d stuffed one up. At 19 down I hadn’t been able … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,171 Plain

January 19, 2014 at 10:26 amJanuary 19, 2014 at 4:30 am by The Trafites

Nick: Some unusually unusual words this week from Azed, with several I did not know of – however a lot of these are clued rather easily with clear word play. I had to use … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3510 (12th January)

January 19, 2014 at 4:15 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning happy solvers. It is good to be back. Fairly straight forward this week, in fact I enjoyed the solve very much. My favourite this week was 18ac, very good clue in … Read more >>