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Not having a lot of time this morning I was happy that this was rather straightforward. A few clues held me back, 17ac in particular. Also not entirely sure about 22ac. Across 9 … Read more >>

Trying to blog this in record speed this morning as I am on borrowed internet usage and won’t get back to a computer until much later in day. Three clues solved but not … Read more >>

It’s Monday and Rufus starts the week off with a fairly straightforward puzzle, although there are one or two tricky lights. Across 9 CASSANDRA: SAND in anagram of CARS 10 ASCOT: (m)ASCOT going … Read more >>

Fairly straightforward. You might even say it’s a complete state! Across 7 APPRAISAL: (RA (arist) + IS) in APPAL 8 NIPPY: double definition 9 DRESS CODE: (S (Scotland) + CO (Cobalt)) in DRESDE(n) … Read more >>

A very large number of double definitions and &Lits. It’s Monday; it’s Rufus. Across 1 SHOW UP: double definition 5 LONDONER: DON (fellow) in LONER, with fellow being used also in the definition … Read more >>

Ran out of time, so incomplete. Took me ages to get the April Fool material. Mind you, I had been expecting this! Across 9,27 SPAGHETTI TREE: anagram of PIES THE TARGET; April Fools’ … Read more >>

This was far from straightforward with some quick tricky decoding.  Still not convinced by some of my efforts. Across 9 HOOVERING: (OVER + IN) in HOG (corner) 10 OUTDO: a kind of double … Read more >>

A nice easy start to the week with some of the down clues proving just a tad more difficult Across 9 BY NO MEANS: anagram of MANY BONES 10 IDAHO: anagram of AID … Read more >>

A straightforward puzzle with some delightful clues Across 9 CONTENDER: CON (prisoner) + TENDER (fragile) 10 EMILY: MI in ELY 11 TRICKLE: R (river) in TICKLE (to pet) 12 WHOOPEE: HOOP (band) in … Read more >>

Across 9,8 OSCAR PETERSON: anagram of SOON around CARPETERS (layers) 10 JAZZ: JA + ZZ (sound of snoring) 11 COUNT BASIE: COUNT (consider) + I in BASE (essence) 12,17 BILLIE HOLIDAY: LIB (reversed) … Read more >>

Across 1 DORIS DAY: DOR (as in d’or, of gold, golden) + IS (lives) + DAY (period); actress in Calamity Jane film of 1953 5 SHUCKS: HUCK in SS 9 NUNEATON: NUN EAT … Read more >>

Some great clues here. Very entertaining but not easy. Across 1 CYBORG: CrY (losing R) + BORG (tennis player) 4,23 CANDLELIGHT: CAN + L (last letter of girL) in DELIGHT 9 TABU: TAB … Read more >>

Across 1 FORGERY: ER in F ORGY 5 RUSSIFY: reversed and hidden in rockY FISSURe 10 VICE: double definition 11 CARCINOGEN: anagram of CIGaR ONE CAN without an ‘a’ (wanting) 12 GANNET: ANN … Read more >>

Didn’t find this easy and am still unsure about 9a Across 9 RANCOROUS: ANCOR in anagram of SOUR; but why ANCOR? (is it a homophone of ANCHOR) 12,3 WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN: WONDERFUL (modern meaning … Read more >>

Across 1 IGNITION KEY: & Lit 9 OCTOBER: O + (TO BE in CR) 10 ERASURE: ERA + anagram of USER 11 WHIRLWIND: HIRL (sounds like ‘hurl’) in W-WIND 12 SISAL: anagram of … Read more >>