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Not too hard, I found, solving time 17 mins * = anagram  < = reversed ACROSS 6 ANDREI SAKHAROV   (a risk a handover)*     Nobel Prize winner (1921-1989) 9 S PINE L 10 G … Read more >>

Dac’s weekly crossword always looked forward to as a delight.    This I found quite easy, solving time 16 mins. * = anagram  < = reversed ACROSS 1 GI(GOT)S 4 MI XER TA P   … Read more >>

I found this extremely tough, to say the least, setter made tremendous effort to use meanings of words that gave consistent surface readings. Solving time, 73 mins. * = anagram < = reversed … Read more >>

A bit harder than some by Quixote, solving time 35 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 BAR (MA)N 4 FU (SIN)G 8 ANTICOAGULANTS (a nostalgic aunt)* 10 G E (HE)NNA … Read more >>

Not for the first time, a puzzle from Phi with a musical flavour.   Four musical instruments in symmetrical positions in the corners and a fifth in 11 down.  A pleasing solve, with everything … Read more >>

I found this quite easy, solving time 14 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 DEC (December) A MP 5 DRAW BACK (vb) 9 ME S(M)ERISED (desires)* – it’s also reversed,  … Read more >>

I found this very easy, solving time 11 mins. * = anagram    < = reversed ACROSS 4 FIRE D  RILL 7 DEL(p)HI       Definition/wordplay splits at capital/city 9 RE(A)CTOR 10 NOT HALF 11 SEE … Read more >>

A themed puzzle on the punk group  SEX PISTOLS (2 down).   The associated answers are titles of some of their best-known hits.   I found it very tough indeed.    Solving time, … Read more >>

This was one of the hardest Indy puzzles I’ve ever tackled.   Only one answer entered on first run through as a tentative guess which, as the rest of the puzzle was solved, turned … Read more >>

Solving time, 24 mins * = anagram ACROSS 1 S (AU CE) PAN 6 BU(i)CK 9 Shed NAILS 10 RE PR IS AL 11 BUSINESS LETTER 12 FA(C)T O TUM 13 (ma)LICE 16 … Read more >>

Solving time, 19 mins, so not too difficult. * = anagram  < = reversed ACROSS 1 NAT HAN(d)   tan< 4 S (PORT) ING 9 B (EAR) OUT 11 UP P (SAL)A 12 SONS … Read more >>

Excellent puzzle, solving time 27 mins.   A mini-theme perhaps with symmetrically placed 4 down and 13 down similar. * = anagram  < = reversed ACROSS 1 COWL  (th)ICK      thick hiding half of that … Read more >>

Solving time, 23 mins * = anagram  < = reversed ACROSS 6 PEP TIC 8 PINNA (leaflet) C LE 9 BOS (PO RU)S 10 P ASS I’M 11 QU A N GO 12 … Read more >>

Solving time, 40 mins, a lot of which was looking for 5 down. * = anagram      < = reversed ACROSS 1 T(EACH)ABLE 8 SheeP LEAD 10 DO RIS(k) 11 IN THE GODS   (Thing … Read more >>

Usual excellent offering from Dac, solving time, 24 mins. I found SE quarter the toughest. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 HOPPING hopping mad – double definition 5 BAGH DAD “Bag” … Read more >>