Bertandjoyce

We found this a bit tougher than your average Dac, but no less enjoyable – all the usual excellent surfaces were there, but for some reason we had difficulty getting round the misdirections. … Read more >>

We enjoyed this challenging puzzle from Tyrus – some very good clues and plenty of crafty misdirection. Was Tyrus anticipating the outcome in Brazil when he wrote the clue for  15ac? 4/25! Let’s … Read more >>

A Thursday Klingsor! We anticipated a good challenge and we weren’t disappointed. As expected, some excellent surfaces and well constructed clues – we particularly liked 16d, 23ac and 13ac (our LOI). We’ve looked … Read more >>

How time Phlies – it’s Friday again – another Phi to solve! We normally look forward to Phi’s puzzles but this one had too many anagrams for our liking. However, one of them … Read more >>

It’s a while since we blogged a Scorpion puzzle although they appear once a month. We normally prefer ghost themes but there were some enjoyable moments during the solve today. We were familiar … Read more >>

  Well, when we saw it was Dac on Monday, we wondered who would appear today, and were delighted when Jambazi showed up. This is only our second blog of a Jambazi puzzle, … Read more >>

We ‘ve been busy just lately so tried to rush this one rather than enjoy the solve! It was only when Joyce came to write up the blog that she appreciated the surface … Read more >>

A good Saturday challenge from Klingsor, with no unusual words and, as usual, some nifty misdirections to keep us on our toes. Across 1   Fancy dress item worn by one in church? … Read more >>

Bert and Joyce are sharing the blog write up this week and we are slightly at odds with our feelings about the puzzle. The solve was thankfully fairly quick, for which we were … Read more >>

It’s Tuesday so we were expecting something slightly out of the ordinary. What’s more – it’s our first blog of an Eimi puzzle!   When we saw that the puzzle was by Eimi … Read more >>

As we have come to expect, another great puzzle from Dac with the usual smooth surfaces. We had never come across 18ac or 18d before, but the wordplay was clear enough and an … Read more >>

It’s Thursday so we thought we might be in for a bit of a challenge. We then saw that that it was a Donk puzzle so we thought we were in for a … Read more >>

Another Friday, another Phi! So that’s all good then!   We thought that this was a ‘hoot’ of a puzzle. Apart from a ‘little’ problem we finished it fairly quickly and a few … Read more >>

We always look forward to solving and blogging an Anax, so it was with great anticipation that we sat down to tackle this one. Unfortunately, however, we felt it didn’t quite live up … Read more >>

It’s a while since we last blogged a Punk puzzle. We tend to prefer hidden themes rather than the overtly themed puzzle but there was still lots to enjoy. At one point we … Read more >>