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It was good to see Skylark again, one of the very few lady setters. Literary themes are one of her specialities and we were going to be hunting for a book title in … Read more >>
It’s over a year since I last blogged a puzzle by Brockwell, so I was very pleased to see his name this morning. There’s a nicely varied set of clues, with neat constructions … Read more >>
A fun puzzle from ZAMORCA today. Thanks to the setter for dishing out a treat.
Independent puzzles on a Friday are usually set by Phi and today is no exception.
Tricky in parts and an enjoyable solve – my favourites were 20ac, 21ac, 24ac, and 20dn. Thanks to Brummie
Brunel has provided a lot of Sunday puzzles lately, but is now back in a weekday slot.
Jason is today's setter.
“In ten clues, part or all of the definition has had a letter added and the result jumbled, sometimes creating additional wordage. These clues need to be reconstructed before solving and then the ten extra letters arranged to describe how the answers to these clues are to be treated before (to complete the TRIPLE CHANGE) being entered at a different location in the grid. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
A fun puzzle with the multi-light answers and cross-references that we’ve come to expect. Thanks to Paul. A number of clues feature whimsical descriptions of animals in their wordplay. We have MOOER (cow), … Read more >>
It’s Wednesday and it’s Eccles.
A treat to see GUY on a Wednesday.
Many of you will be familiar with Bluth in The Independent, Fed in The Guardian and Django in The Telegraph.
Tees has provided our cruciverbal entertainment today, which is theme day, of course. I very much enjoyed solving and blogging today’s puzzle, which I found to be towards the easier end of the … Read more >>
All perimeter entries are words derived by modifying their clue answers in a consistent way. A two-word phrase, from which the puzzle title has been derived in the same way, must be written under the grid. All other clues contain an extra letter. Those extra letters in the clues to 4- and 5-letter answers, read in clue order, describe which non-perimeter letters must be identified; likewise those from clues to 6-, 7- and 8-letter answers explain what must then be done.
A Brendan puzzle for pet lovers.