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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 >>

Filbert has provided the first Tuesday puzzle of the year, getting this series of themed puzzles off to a flying start. What is impressive about this crossword is not how the theme is … Read more >>

Eccles has provided a puzzle for the last Wednesday slot of 2021. After some of the tougher cruciverbal challenges of the Christmas weekend, it was nice to have a more accessible, but nonetheless … Read more >>

Morph has provided us with a splendid cruciverbal challenge to ease us into the Christmas weekend. The grid is an interesting one, accommodating four long down entries but no long across ones. I … Read more >>

Phi is to be found this week in his usual Friday slot. Before going any further, let me apologise for the late posting, due to an unexpectedly manic day at the office. The … Read more >>

Today is theme day, and Knut has not disappointed, producing a tribute puzzle to 5D. It would be interesting to know if Knut had submitted this puzzle for publication prior to 5D’s death … Read more >>

Tees has provided this week’s mid-week puzzle, the second of his puzzles that I have blogged in less than week. I thoroughly enjoyed this crossword, although I needed to cheat to complete it: … Read more >>

Tees’ latest puzzle has been set for our entertainment today. I found this puzzle to be towards the difficult end of the Indy spectrum and made rather slow progress through it. In the … Read more >>

Phi is occupying his usual end-of-week slot today. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, one through which I made steady progress. In the end, I needed to cheat to get 7, … Read more >>