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 >>
Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
We were surprised to find that it was only 2 months ago that we last blogged a Hob puzzle. As usual an enjoyable solve although we found this one a little easier than … Read more >>
The last time we had the pleasure of blogging a Dac puzzle was last July so we were very pleased to see his name above the puzzle this week. As expected, an … Read more >>
This was a good Saturday challenge from the slithery one. We found most of the clues rather easier than we would have expected from Serpent, but there were a few that had … Read more >>
Another great puzzle from Harry to brighten up our day! How does he keep coming up with these great clues while maintaining the sex and drugs references for which he is renowned, … Read more >>
Another Phi-day comes round and yet another classic Phi puzzle. As we have now come to expect, we can’t help feeling that there is something going on here, but we can’t find … Read more >>
It’s been six months since we last had the pleasure of blogging a Radian puzzle, and it was worth the wait. We were quite well into the puzzle before we tumbled to … Read more >>