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Kairos steps in for Dac this week – and we found this quite difficult to get to grips with.   Having written up the blog we are now wondering why? Was it the … Read more >>

Well, what can we say? We really struggled to get started and wondered whether we would have to ‘phone a friend’ or admit defeat. In the end it was definitely one of those puzzles … Read more >>

It took us a little while to get into Tees’ offering today, but in preparing the blog, we’re not quite sure why. Apart from a couple of references that we had to check … Read more >>

A fairly straightforward solve from Phi this week.     For once the theme was so obvious, we couldn’t help but think that maybe there were more thematic entries than the obvious ones … Read more >>

We couldn’t remember blogging a Vigo puzzle before but, after checking, we found that we had – back in 2015. Given our comments about 5d and 9ac, we are having concerns about memory … Read more >>

Alchemi stands in for Dac this week.       We found this slightly trickier than the average Wednesday fare. We were somewhat held up by the entry at 17d, which does not … Read more >>

This was a challenging Thursday work-out from Anglio.   There are some ingenious definitions (e.g. 13ac, 8d) crafty wordplay, and several clever cryptic definitions. Great for stirring up the grey matter while we’re … Read more >>

Wow – this was a toughie from Hob – but that is what we have come to expect. We might have found it a little easier if we had been familiar with the … Read more >>

It’s the end of the week and as expected, we have a Phi to solve.   For a change, we actually spotted the ‘theme’, although not until we had completed it. As usual, … Read more >>

An ‘interesting’ theme for Knut’s Valentine’s day puzzle. Is he a fan of ’50 Shades of Grey’? Or is he just trying to punish us? There are several references to corporal punishment in … Read more >>

Eccles is standing in for Dac again this week, and it’s fallen to us to blog the puzzle, as we did in January. We found this an enjoyable, straightforward solve, although we did … Read more >>

This is our 300th blog for 225 – but amazingly this is only the 7th Morph we have had the pleasure of blogging in the five years since we started. We hope that … Read more >>

Well, another Phi-day and a relatively straightforward challenge today.   However, with a few unusual words and several names in the grid, we couldn’t help thinking that there must be a theme. We … Read more >>

We haven’t seen a Monk puzzle in the Indy for quite some time – indeed we had the pleasure of blogging the most recent one last September. We didn’t find this quite as … Read more >>

Well, almost halfway into ‘Dry January’ (not for us, fortunately) and Hoskins comes up with a booze-based puzzle!   We really enjoyed this one, and admired the way that Hoskins has managed to … Read more >>