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What an excellent puzzle, almost ruined by poor proof reading!  Editor please note!! First the moans: Wrong word length for 1A – to be consistent with the other clues with unchecked blanks it should … Read more >>

Bit of a mix-up, so an emergency late blog. Please forgive any mistakes! Wonderful puzzle from Ploy, but you would have to be a REAL anorak (as in trainspotter) to solve it without … Read more >>

Excellent crossword! Quite testing and certainly fun, with enough continuous progress to keep you interested. There were five types of clue. 1. Five “appendectomies” where the last letter had to be deleted before … Read more >>

One of the Hihobas found a nicely shaped box on his doorstep this week, following Inquisitor 59, so a small celebration will be held! The theme to number 61 stuck out a mile! The first two … Read more >>

After three pretty difficult ones, this was a bit of relief. Most of the “normal” clues were pretty strightforward. One piece of wordplay eluded me for a long time – “Fourteenth place on … Read more >>

This was a corker!! I’m still not completely convinced that we’ve got it right, but here goes. The missing letters of the across clues instructed you to “INCLUDE PUNCTUATION” while the down clues … Read more >>

It’s that time of year! “In the Bleak Midwinter” last week and “The Twelve Days of Christmas” this week. Two of our tiumvirate went to the Temple Church Choir’s carol service at the … Read more >>

Good  Crossword by Loda! Ten countries  with new names had to be written as their old names in the grid, and ten old names had to be substituted for their new names before the clues … Read more >>

Reasonably easy theme to spot, the title referring to the colours of the rainbow arch (Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain). Most clues quite straightforward, but a bit muddling was the use … Read more >>