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Bluebird is filling the Wednesday slot this week, a compiler whose Indy work I have little experience of solving and blogging. There was a lot to enjoy in this puzzle, as I peeled … Read more >>

Knut has provided this Thursday’s cruciverbal challenge, compiled on a grid that accommodates four 15-letter entries and two 13-letter entries. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, my solving of which was … Read more >>

Phi has brought the latest suite of mid-week puzzles to an end in customary fashion. I found this grid to be an interesting one, with lots of 4-letter entries and scope for a … Read more >>

Radian is occupying the Tuesday slot today, where is where I normally come across his work. I found this to be a highly enjoyable puzzle, which didn’t reveal itself to me easily. However, … Read more >>

Methuselah is occupying the mid-week slot this time. I think that this is my first attempt at blogging a crossword by this setter. I actually found this to be quite a tricky puzzle, … Read more >>

Today’s puzzle has been provided by Bluth. We have been treated to his puzzles on a regular basis during and since the pandemic. I found this puzzle to be rather taxing, and although … Read more >>

This week’s Friday slot hosts Phi’s latest puzzle, one which I found tougher than the average Phi. I chipped away at this crossword over quite some time before coming completely unstuck in the … Read more >>

Tees latest puzzle provides our cruciverbal challenge of the day. I found that this was a bit tougher than most puzzles by this compiler, although my scant knowledge of singers and their hits … Read more >>

Today brings us the latest offering from our every-other-Wednesday setter, Eccles. For me, this was pitched at exactly the right level for a mid-week puzzle, with challenge and entertainment on offer in equal … Read more >>

Klingsor is occupying the Thursday slot this week. It tends to be on a Thursday that I encounter his work. I found this puzzle to be accessible and entertaining in equal measure. Klingsor … Read more >>

In time-honoured tradition, Phi has brought this week’s set of mid-week puzzles to an end. I found this to be towards the easier end of the Phi spectrum and made steady progress through … Read more >>

Bluebird, whose work I am solving and blogging for the first time today, has provided this week’s Tuesday puzzle. As it is Tuesday, one expects a theme, and the Nina reveals an extract … Read more >>

Eccles is occupying his regular mid-week slot today. I found this to be an enjoyable puzzle, and sufficiently challenging for a Wednesday. In actual fact, I needed to cheat to find 19, which … Read more >>

Unusually, Phi is occupying the Thursday slot, so I suspect a special puzzle has been scheduled for Friday this week. In any case, I have certainly seen nothing in today’s puzzle that would … Read more >>

Since today is Friday, there is no surprise in having Phi’s latest puzzle to grapple with. Incidentally, this is something of a landmark puzzle, being puzzle 11,000 in the Indy series. I found … Read more >>