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It has been a while since I have solved/blogged a puzzle by Tees. I found this one quite a challenge, despite a fair few write-ins at the start. It took me a while … Read more >>

It is Friday today and thus time for my monthly lexical joust with Phi. I found this quite a tough puzzle by Phi standards, and although I completed it unaided, there was a … Read more >>

It has been a while since I solved and blogged a puzzle by Raich, so I got stuck into this one with relish. Although I didn’t get too bogged down in this one … Read more >>

It’s Wednesday morning and thus time for my monthly outing with Dac. Dac puzzles are always enjoyable, with tidy clues that can be parsed with absolute certainty, relying little on abstruse information or … Read more >>

It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Anax, so I sharpened my pencil with relish when I discovered today’s puzzle. This crossword took me … Read more >>

After the recent announcement about the Indy’s exclusively online future, it is hard to know what future lies in store for its crosswords. I for one have my fingers and toes crossed that … Read more >>

I think this may well be my first blog of a Vigo puzzle, although I have solved and enjoyed some of his/her previous submissions. For me, this was a medium-difficulty puzzle, with a … Read more >>

Today saw my monthly blogging encounter with Dac. I found this one to be towards the easier end of the spectrum in terms of difficulty and made rather speedy progress through it. I … Read more >>

This was my first Morph in quite a while, so I was keen to get my teeth into it. Morph’s puzzles are always a special treat and this one was no exception. That … Read more >>

This is my first Phi-day puzzle as blogger of 2016. Instinctively, I am always rather fearful of grids that do not accommodate any longer, multi-word entries, and indeed today’s grid houses words no … Read more >>

It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a Punk crossword, so I was rather looking forward to getting stuck into this one. And Punk certainly did not … Read more >>

It may well be a new year, but some things just don’t change, such as a Dac puzzle appearing in the Independent on a Wednesday. I found this a tad tougher than the … Read more >>

Here I am with my blog of the last Indy puzzle of 2015, which I imagine is a joint effort on the part of Eimi and Nimrod. New Year’s Eve seems to be … Read more >>

This is my first Scorpion blog in quite some time, so I was rather excited to see his latest puzzle waiting for me this morning. In actual fact, and perhaps because I am … Read more >>

Today offered me what will doubtless be my last opportunity to blog a Dac puzzle in 2015. And rather fittingly, this puzzle bears all the hallmarks of the other Dac puzzles that I … Read more >>