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Today is Thursday, a compiling slot not infrequently occupied by Nestor. Alas, it has not recently fallen to me to blog a Nestor, so I was pleased to see his name alongside today’s … Read more >>

I was rather surprised to see that Morph was occupying the Friday spot this week. I suppose that I should immediately have asked myself if there was something about this puzzle, appearing on … Read more >>

Scorpion has the honour of occupying the Tuesday slot this week. The Tuesday puzzle often involves a theme or a Nina, I have spotted two potentials themes. Firstly, eight entries contain double letters … Read more >>

It’s Wednesday, so unsurprisingly Dac-day today, and we have a set of Dac’s customary well-honed clues with smooth surfaces. Overall, I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, which I plugged away at … Read more >>

eXternal has given us plenty to get our teeth into this Thursday morning. I found this puzzle exceptionally difficult to get into, and for a long time I had solved only one clue, … Read more >>

Friday is Phi-day, of course, and Phi has duly served up his latest cruciverbal offering for us. I found that I worked my way through this one at a fairly steady pace before … Read more >>

Scorpion has filled today’s slot with a puzzle that befits Ryder Cup week. References to golf abound in this puzzle, either in clues – e.g. 4, 25D – or solutions – e.g. 8, … Read more >>

It was no surprise to find Dac occupying the Wednesday slot this week. Nor was it a surprise to find another set of carefully crafted, highly sound clues. Overall, I found that this … Read more >>

Tyrus is the cruciverbal brain behind today’s puzzle, on a grid allowing for as many as five 15-letter entries. I found this to be a fairly tough and above all highly entertaining solve. … Read more >>

Monk is occupying Phi’s usual Friday slot today. Having solved the puzzle, I see no particular reason, e.g. a theme or anniversary, that would explain why Friday is not Phiday this week, but … Read more >>

It has fallen to Scorpion to put us through our cruciverbal paces today. I had to chip away at this one, gradually working my way through the clues, rather than solving them in … Read more >>

It is Wednesday today and thus home to Dac’s latest offering. Dac has served up another set of succinct clues with silky smooth surfaces – his trademark, in other words. It took longer … Read more >>

The Thursday slot, home to a wide variety of compilers, is hosting Morph’s latest offering today. I found this puzzle quite a challenge, and after an initial flurry of ten or so clues, … Read more >>

It’s Friday today, so it’s almost guaranteed to be a Phi-day! I made pretty steady progress through this one, struggling with 17 and 18 in the SE quadrant and 7, 8 and 11 … Read more >>