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It has been a while since it last fell to me to blog a puzzle by Monk. Monk is one of those compilers whose puzzles I have been solving regularly for many years … Read more >>

Quite naturally, it falls to Phi to round off this latest set of mid-week puzzles. For me, this was perhaps harder than the average Phi crossword, although I am under the weather at … Read more >>

It is Tuesday today and so probably time for a themed puzzle. A first glance at the clues shows that 1D is to provide the gateway clue to a theme running through the … Read more >>

Today was my first opportunity to solve and blog a puzzle by Hoskins, on a day when I was expecting to meet Dac’s latest offering. I very much enjoyed this puzzle, which I … Read more >>

Morph’s latest puzzle offers today’s cruciverbal entertainment. I thought that this was a medium-difficulty puzzle by Morph, and I made steady progress through it until coming to something of a standstill in the … Read more >>

Another working week comes to an end, with a puzzle by Phi to take us into the weekend. This was a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle, in my opinion. I managed to complete it unaided … Read more >>

Today is Tuesday, so a themed puzzle of one sort or another is to be expected. And Math, a compiler with whose work I have hitherto had only a passing acquaintance, has not … Read more >>

I was surprised not to find myself on familiar territory today, having expected to have Dac’s latest puzzle to solve and blog this Wednesday. As it was, today provided me with my first … Read more >>

It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle set by Klingsor. I normally struggle to complete his puzzles, but today, perhaps because of the pressure of … Read more >>

It is Friday and the compiling slot is occupied by Phi, as one might expect. I found this one moderately difficult, in that I didn’t sail through it but nor did it give … Read more >>

Crosophile has served up this morning’s cruciverbal fare. I enjoyed this puzzle, finding it a challenge but not an insurmountable one. There was no point at which the solution suddenly revealed itself to … Read more >>

It is the last Wednesday of the month, so Dac is taking a well-earned break from compiling duties. I think this puzzle was very much towards the easy end of the Quixote, and … Read more >>

Scorpion has provided today’s lexical challenge. It has been a while since it has fallen to me to solve/blog one of his puzzles. Scorpion has chosen to mark a special achievement with this … Read more >>

In customary fashion, Phi brings this week’s suite of mid-week puzzles to an end. This was one of those puzzles where you see that there is one exceedingly long entry – 01/11/20 – … Read more >>

It is the crossword editor himself who has supplied today’s lexical challenge. And not long after I blogged a highly topical puzzle about the Panama papers scandal, today sees me writing up another … Read more >>