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Holy Hole in a Donut! Solvers must highlight a traveller in the completed grid. Clues to two places where he arrived eventfully lack a definition, as do those to his location three days … Read more >>

Winter is coming. Wordplay in all but one down clue contains an extra letter that must be removed to enable solving; these letters spell a name and a location associated with an occurrence … Read more >>

There’s a lot of it about, you know. Rough justice, that is. Thirteen clues contain a consecutive pair of extra letters which must be removed before solving, always leaving real words. In clue … Read more >>

What’s this, a grid and font-size forgiving of the blogger’s eyesight? Eleven clues contain a word not needed for solving. In clue order these words give a line (verifiable on the Internet) from … Read more >>

May the 4th be with you. In 23 down clues, wordplay leads to an extra letter. These letters give six syllabic words (one a surname) which, in keeping with the theme, are in … Read more >>

Boom. The puzzle commemorates an event from 1970. (i) Wordplay in 22 clues generates an extra letter that is not entered in the grid. These letters, in clue order, provide a name and … Read more >>

A palim what? Each clue is a palimpsest in which one letter has been overwritten in the definition. The original letters must be restored before solving: they spell a quotation and its author. … Read more >>

Blimey. Answers (all length 8) are entered around the appropriate numbered square, clockwise or anticlockwise, beginning anywhere. Each clue contains an extra word to be removed before solving; choosing either the first or … Read more >>

So, were you blown away? Or mind blown? All clues contain an extra word. In four cases, this is a synonym or generalisation of one of the otherwise unclued three-letter entries, which when … Read more >>

Check seems to be under some pressure. Hope the strains of the festive season aren’t getting to them. 1ac is normal, but Check was coerced into adding some additional difficulty to the puzzle … Read more >>

eXternal and Serpent join forces once more to befuddle and entertain. The wordplay in all but seven clues contains a bogus letter to be changed before solving. In order, the bogus letters identify … Read more >>

Double the fun with Radler this week. Clues for corresponding answers in the two halves have been run together; either may come first. Across clues yield answers that are either one letter longer … Read more >>

How it started: How it’s going: The final grid pattern has 180-degree symmetry, but clue answers will leave three symmetrically placed blocks of cells on three rows empty. The blocks are the same … Read more >>

After what has been a pretty wild summer with the young guns on the Inquisitor scene showing off their talents, Kruger demonstrates that there’s life in the old-timers yet. The preamble is what … Read more >>