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I found this puzzle on the easy side.     Solving time:  14 mins Will concentrate on a small number of what seemed to me the trickier clues, but happy to explain others if asked. … Read more >>

Some easy clues and some very tricky clues in the usual excellent offering from Dac. Solving time: 22 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 WHO OPS I remember these two … Read more >>

I found this fairly straightforward. Solving time: 15 mins. (LATER: there is a Nina here that I missed though I did look, but another has pointed it out.   I refer to it … Read more >>

Solving time:  21 mins.       Held up for some time by thinking a very well-known actress had a U in her name though there was none in the anagram fodder (6 across). In line … Read more >>

Interesting puzzle with clues ranging from very easy to very tricky. A theme which I think you could not miss if you solved the puzzle – Land’s End and John O’Groats appropriately placed … Read more >>

An  excellent puzzle from this very talented setter.     Getting some of the longer phrases quickly made it a faster solve than usual for me in the case of the occasional Indy setters. Solving … Read more >>

I found this fairly straightforward. Solving time: 16 mins. In line with recent practice, will note a fairly small number of what may have been the trickier clues, but happy to explain others … Read more >>

Solving time: 20 mins * = anagram > = reversal ACROSS 1 RHAPSODIC o in (harp disc)* 6 (e)QUIP 11 T (OU L) ON 14 BALL A DEER 15 TEMP O 16 A … Read more >>

An unusual mixture of some very easy clues and extremely tricky ones to finish. Harder than usual – solving time: 28 mins. A short blog but happy to explain any other clues if … Read more >>

Another excellent puzzle from Dac, with all stacking up in the end, some cleverly concealed definitions – very tough, esp SE corner, though this blogger’s cinematic ignorance contributed to that. Solving time: 43 … Read more >>

As indicated eslewhere, the first of a shorter blog on Quixote puzzles.    Will try to concentrate on a small number of clues focussing on the trickier ones and those I liked the most.    … Read more >>

This had a theme, but I proved you did not need to know it to solve the puzzle, because I tumbled to it only when verifying for this blog having filled the grid … Read more >>

Solving time: 19 mins * = anagram ACROSS 1 T(RAJ)AN     A Roman Emperor       Raj = British rule in India 4 OBSERVER   A competing Sunday newspaper 9 COT    … Read more >>

A puzzle timed for the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, who to this blogger remains the King – for his earlier music and films especially. There were 7 lines of … Read more >>