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My first blog against any of Don’s crosswords I believe. He’s said his Quixote persona tries not to be too hard. I do remember a Duck(?) in the saturday magazine involving Pi which … Read more >>

To borrow a phrase from Anax this was for me a monster. I found bits of this at times beyond me and I’ve still got some gaps in the wordplay for you lucky … Read more >>

Eimi takes the stage today, and some suspicious minds might look at the date and think Armistice  Day. They’d be wrong as this appears to be a vanilla crossword, even if bits do … Read more >>

Well it is November and been stormy recently, but with Morph here it’s positively raining Cats and Dogs. Cats appear on the left hand side of the grid and dogs on the right. … Read more >>

Wednesday and back with the Dac goodness, one new word to me but quite get-able, oh and sorry K’sD no hat trick I’m afraid you were on one but Dac’s not played ball. … Read more >>

So it’s Eimi today, normally this would be a wake up to look for hidden stuff or clues about the date etc, but if there is anything I’ve missed it. There’s singers, songs … Read more >>

Usual Phi goodness. As per usual with Phi there’s a composer. Doubt there’s much to trouble moderately experienced solvers today although 7d is an unknown phrase to me. Across 7 San Andreas Fault … Read more >>

Bannsider today, not sure I’ve seen him other than Saturday before. If there are any Nina type things I’ve completely missed it. Pretty tough I thought. There’s one I can’t see at all … Read more >>

A lot of double definitions today it seems. Usual good stuff from Dac but I don’t get the wordplay for 21d Across 1 Booth – DD 4 Maquisard – QUI in (DRAMAS)* ; … Read more >>

Well I suppose I was due a tough one and in my view this was hard with several I can’t justify. There is a perimeter Nina whose significance I can’t see either. All … Read more >>

Friday already so it must be Phi and it is. The usual Phi standard with the one exception that I could never have got. Yes I know, cue the rumblings about the poor … Read more >>

Well, what have we here, Phi on a Tuesday, unusual. Still a mostly gentle ride today. 1 Repapered, REP + APE + RED 6 Sugar, Sweet. Don’t get the wordplay here, it’s probably … Read more >>

Pretty easy and straightforward DAC today. This was a bit rushed so there may a few typos. 1 Tapestery – Apes + T(itian) in TRY 5 Rabbit – Rabbi + T(time) 10 Arson … Read more >>

My heart sank a bit when it was confirmed that it was Anax today after last Saturday’s offering. This is nowhere near that hard. There is a very strong Indian theme to this … Read more >>

Finally got the chance to have a lunch break to do the blog, relatively straightforward I thought. Across 1 Sepulchre – (Cheers up, L)* 6 Rehab – Bar around he reversed 9 Tweet … Read more >>