Bertandjoyce

After a few weeks of completing Phi’s puzzles and then wondering whether there was a hidden theme (and sometimes there was and sometimes there wasn’t), an openly themed puzzle this week. We don’t … Read more >>

Firstly – many thanks to Uncle Yap and mc_rapper for standing in for us while we were without internet access. What a great puzzle as our first one after a break. It’s also … Read more >>

It’s Thursday and it’s Nestor so we expected to have our work cut out here. We weren’t disappointed! There were some devious clues here plus a few new words which needed checking. There … Read more >>

We found this a fairly straightforward, but very enjoyable Phiday offering, with the expected smooth surfaces and some crafty misdirections. We hadn’t come across the French phrase at 24ac before but it was … Read more >>

First of all, we want to offer our apologies to Hob. As far as we can see, the Indy has published three puzzles from this new setter and we have now blogged all … Read more >>

Last Wednesday we had a special May Day offering from Donk but we are now back to normal with a lovely puzzle from Dac It’s difficult to know what to say about Dac’s … Read more >>

As expected, this was a somewhat challenging Saturday puzzle from Nimrod. Several of the clues were deceptively straightforward, but there were quite a few that were fiendishly constructed, really stirring up the grey … Read more >>

A lovely offering from Nestor today with nothing to complain about!   Hopefully, if you haven’t spotted the theme/nina the opening sentence will give you something to think about! Across 8   Opening … Read more >>

Another Friday Phi puzzle to blog – we’re not complaining! Often Phi has a hidden theme or a nina. Sometimes we’ve looked for these and missed them, sometimes we’ve hunted for one and … Read more >>

  It’s Joyce’s turn this week. We’ve been blogging for over a year now but this is only the second Punk puzzle that we have crossed swords (let alone footballs) with. We always … Read more >>

As usual, a great puzzle from Dac with excellent surfaces, ingenious clue constructions and a good mix of fairly straightforward clues and some which challenged the grey matter. We found it hard to … Read more >>

Bert looked at this puzzle and immediately solved two clues. He knew that Joyce would not be too pleased if he carried on looking and solved further answers as quickly! As it happened, … Read more >>

We thought this was an enjoyable and not too challenging Prize Puzzle for a very snowy and cold weekend. The last few Scorpion puzzles that we blogged were themed. At first we couldn’t … Read more >>

We can hardly believe that another four weeks has gone by and it’s our turn to blog Phi again. It’s always enjoyable and today’s offering was no exception. We had a musical reference … Read more >>

This is the second Hob crossword that we’ve blogged. There was quite a lot to enjoy here but a few of the clues left us a little disappointed after the recent wonderful debut … Read more >>