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It has been a long time since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Klingsor, so I was keen to get my teeth into this one this morning. This particular … Read more >>

As expected, today saw my monthly tussle with Phi. I found this one quite tough, not least, I feel, because of the high frequency of 4-letter entries. I solved clues steadily but didn’t … Read more >>

The Tuesday slot is one that is occupied by a wide variety of setters, and this Tuesday we have the pleasure of welcoming a (to me at least) new setter to the Indy … Read more >>

I was looking forward to my monthly encounter with Dac today, and the puzzle certainly lived up to my expectations. Overall, I found this towards the easier end of the Dac spectrum. I … Read more >>

Morph is this week’s Thursday compiler and offers me my first Morph solve/blog of 2015. I found this puzzle a tough one to get into, although I knew that my perseverance would be … Read more >>

This is my first Friday blog of 2015, but no surprise to find the compiling slot occupied by Phi. I found this to be a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle, where I solved the longer … Read more >>

Tuesday’s slot typically has multiple occupants, and today’s is Crosophile. I still do not have enough experience of solving and blogging puzzles by Crosophile to be able to assess how long it will … Read more >>

Unsurprisingly, Dac is occupying the first Wednesday slot of the New Year and will doubtless occupy many more over the next twelve months. Just as unsurprisingly, we have before us a set of … Read more >>

Another fairly late posting today, as, hardly surprisingly, I was not up with the lark this New Year’s Day! Donk has supplied the first cruciverbal challenge of 2015, and what a challenge it … Read more >>

For once, I wasn’t overly enamoured at the prospect of dragging myself out of bed to solve and blog a puzzle today, after all yesterday’s excesses and the prospect of a much-needed lie-in. … Read more >>

Scorpion has been assigned to this week’s Tuesday slot, one that often provides solvers with a fun puzzle with a twist or two. This puzzle was no exception to that rule. I actually … Read more >>

As expected, Dac’s latest puzzle was waiting for me this Wednesday morning. At first, I thought that I was going to zip through this crossword, having solved a lot of clues in the … Read more >>

Tees is occupying the Thursday slot, one which is visited by a wide range of compilers over the course of a year. I enjoyed this one immensely, solving the longer entries at the … Read more >>

It was no surprise to discover Phi’s latest offering on what is Phi-day after all. For me, this was a medium-difficulty Phi crossword which I worked my way through at a fairly even … Read more >>

I have not solved or blogged many puzzles by Hieroglyph, so I approached this one with a mixture of curiosity and apprehension. A quick perusal of the across clues revealed a theme (revolving … Read more >>