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A nice puzzle from Scorpion, took me slightly longer than usual as I got held up by 1d and the SE corner.   Yes it’s themed – lots of references to dead parrots … Read more >>

So after a week off for good behaviour DAC returns with a crossword I found a little harder than usual. Probably just me though.   Across 1 LIKE BLAZES Cryptic Double Definition. 6 … Read more >>

I had the pleasure of meeting Quaiteaux at the last London  S&B. Found this pretty difficult in places and some bits still evade me.   There seems to loads of Cryptic Double definitions … Read more >>

A Tuesday Teeser… well it’s theme day but I struggled to spot it for a while. Lots of NW corner clues seem to refer to Gods but this proved a wild goose chase… … Read more >>

Wednesday and it’s DAC again, lovely stuff as ever, great anagrams and surfaces abound No obvious theme although there is a few acting related answers   Across 1 MOVIE M.O. + VIE 4 … Read more >>

Number 1111 but no obvious link I could see.     Across 1 LABOUR OF LOVE Labour (party) of (about) Love (nothing) 10 UNDATED Wallflowers don’t go on dates 11 NIGERIA [A(bo)rigine]* less … Read more >>

My first Tyrus, seems like a vanilla crossword word but then I missed the theme on Tuesday too. I found this quite tricky with some rare words thrown in to help… [Edit thanks … Read more >>

Help! Well Quixote did say yesterday to expect a harder thematic soon. As per usual there’s 1 I can’t really parse so help would be appreciated. So here we are with Scorpion and … Read more >>

Dac as we’ve come to know and love. Nothing controversial to my eye, we’d expect nothing less of course from the master of smooth stuff. Less full explanations today than I’ve tried to … Read more >>

Only done one Poins crossword before, so wasn’t sure quite what to expect. In the end it’s a mostly straightforward Sunday Indy. * indicates anagram. No obvious themes or ninas as we’ve come … Read more >>

I sit down on the train, open up the paper and what do I find, something to strike terror into the heart of bloggers, well this blogger  – it’s a Nimrod. After 30 … Read more >>

Another Bank Holiday? They’re like buses at the moment. Well what could be happening today? Phi moves over for Morph. A week with neither Phi or DAC, very odd. Edit Phi did saturday’s … Read more >>

Tuesday and a sterling effort from Radian, I was a bit nervous after struggling with one or two of his in the past. . When I say sterling, I meant Sterling; Latin isn’t … Read more >>

The usual exquisite clueing by Dac, some fantastic surfaces but lovely stuff as ever, one of his more gentle offerings. Sorry this is a bit rushed, so a fairly bare-boned blog today. Across … Read more >>

Monk is back on the scene it seems, his web site used to say he hides his name in the grid. I can’t see it if he has though, but there are a … Read more >>