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Lovely stuff as ever from Dac, and pleasingly not too difficult to solve post-midnight Across 1 RUSTLE – ST. in RULE 4 TAFFRAIL – A,FF in TRAIL 9 SARONG – SA,”Wrong” 10 SCHEDULE … Read more >>

Well, we knew that there was a one in three chance of getting a Nimrod before the week was out, so I braced myself for this and started late last night. I’ve been … Read more >>

An interesting solve. Having got the first 3 down answers immediately, I was convinced that there was probably going to be a perimeter message reading ‘HAVE….’. It wasn’t until I got WOODSTOCK and … Read more >>

I struggled with yesterday’s puzzle, so was glad that this was easier to get into and finish. I can’t claim a 100% score though as I plumped for an incorrect guess at 23A. … Read more >>

A little tougher than usual for Dac today I thought, but great stuff as ever. Across 1 PARADE – “RAID” on P.A 4 CHAIRMAN – C(onservative),HAIR MAN (barber!) 9 LAVISH – LAV-ISH, ‘John’ … Read more >>

Something must have been right with the world this morning because I raced through this in a little over 20 minutes. The same thing happened with Nimrod’s recent Saturday puzzle, all of which … Read more >>

A puzzle packed full of elegant, concise clues today. On the easier side definitely, but still very enjoyable. Across 1 BELLA – (Alexander Graham) BELL,A 4 REMARKING – RE: MARKING 9 CONTRIVED – … Read more >>

Thankfully not too tricky for the first day back after a long weekend, but a very enjoyable puzzle with an impressive number of “Q”s Across 1 QUACK QUACK – QUACK x 2, ref. … Read more >>

A nice, tough offering from Scorpion with some very neat surface readings. There seem to be a lot of clues using abbreviations of one kind or another, some of which were a bit … Read more >>

Quick, early one from me today as I’m flying off to Denmark for the weekend. Phi back to his usual Friday slot after a couple of weeks elsewhere, and up to his usual … Read more >>

The Indy has been on rather fine form of late and this puzzle was certainly one of the most enjoyable ones I’ve done in a while. Some very nice clues here and there’s … Read more >>

Radian’s certainly developed a fairly unique and often fairly tricky style in his short time as an Indy setter, but I’m a fan. There’s some nice stuff here. There’s a kinda theme too … Read more >>

A not-too-tricky-but-not-in-any-way-less-enjoyable-than-usual offering today. Nice stuff. And apologies for the brief blog, I’ve been busy out enjoying the sun! Across 1 FAIR – F,AIR 4 ULTIMATELY – TIM in U,LATELY 9 MASTODON – … Read more >>

Slightly unexpected to see Nimrod on a Tuesday – I was hoping for something a little easier on the first day back after a long weekend! I struggled with the corners on this … Read more >>

Like most other people no doubt, I seem to have a full week’s worth of stuff to fit into 4 days this week, so not much time to stop and admire this puzzle … Read more >>