Knut’s puzzles generally present interesting challenges, and today’s is no exception.
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Independent 9,940 by Hoskins
We’re celebrating our 400th blog today with a typically enjoyable Hoskins offering.
Independent 9,935 by eXternal
An enjoyable challenge from eXternal today.
Independent 9925 / Serpent
Serpent slithers into the Saturday slot this week. At first sight we were intrigued by the unusual grid with no less than eight three-letter words in the middle. We then realised that … Read more >>
Bastille Day 2018 / Egbert
As Eileen said in her blog of Arachne’s brilliant Guardian Prize puzzle published on 14th July (Bastille Day) – which just happened to be Eileen’s 80th birthday (she has agreed to me revealing … Read more >>
Independent 9921 / Alchemi
It’s well over a year since we last blogged an Alchemi, and we were looking forward to this one. Unfortunately, we found it to be a bit of a disappointment. It was … Read more >>
Independent 9916 / Dac
This is the third Dac in a row that we’ve had the pleasure of blogging. As usual, lovely surfaces and clear wordplay. We had to check a few items for background information, … Read more >>
Independent 9911 / Hoskins
Having missed blogging the most recent weekday Hoskins while we were walking Hadrian’s Wall last month, we’ve hit lucky today! Another fun puzzle from Harry with a few trademark sex, drugs and … Read more >>
Independent 9906 / Phi
We are currently on holiday – if there are any errors, omissions or anything else that needs a reply we are afraid that we may not be able to deal with it until … Read more >>
Independent 9897 / Raich
It’s well over a year since we last blogged a Raich, so we really looked forward to this opportunity, especially knowing that, being a Tuesday, it was likely to be a themed puzzle. … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 180 / Boatman
Preamble: Each clue or solution involves a word in common. To reach the defined solution to be entered in the grid, in some cases it must be added to the wordplay; in others … Read more >>
Independent 9895 / Morph
We always look forward to Morph’s puzzles, so we were delighted to encounter him today. Lots of ingenious devices get to keep us on our toes. Being a Morph, we expected a … Read more >>
Independent 9892 / Dac
Many thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for us last week. We missed blogging Harry’s offering, but were glad we didn’t have to. Internet access was dodgy and we had very little time … Read more >>
Independent 9882 / Phi
Phi-day again and another well-crafted puzzle from our regular setter. We have failed to spot Phi’s themes over the past few weeks (well, they have been a trifle obscure), but we were … Read more >>