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It is Tuesday today, the slot being occupied by Monk this week. It is a long time since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Monk. I made steady, rather … Read more >>

Dac is occupying his traditional Wednesday slot, while this blogger is exceptionally late with his blog for technical reasons beyond his control, alas. Finding a wi-fi network strong enough to upload this blog … Read more >>

It has fallen to Morph to occupy the Thursday compiling slot this week and to me to occupy the associated blogging slot. I thoroughly enjoyed this one, which provided a moderate-to-difficult challenge and … Read more >>

It wouldn’t be Friday without Phi, would it?! I found this tougher than the average Phi puzzle and made fairly slow progress through the whole grid. The SE corner proved to be the … Read more >>

It’s Tuesday today, with its typical pot pourri of compilers, and today it falls for me to do battle with Hob. I found solving and blogging this puzzle involved quite a lot of … Read more >>

Unusually, Quixote is occupying the Wednesday slot, where I was expecting to find Crosophile, it being the last Wednesday of the month. I found this a fairly straightforward solve, which never goes amiss … Read more >>

When you see that Nimrod has produced the day’s puzzle, you know for sure that there are plenty of fun and games in store. Today’s puzzle was no exception, offering lots of entertainment … Read more >>

Phi is occupying his customary end-of-week slot today, Friday the Thirteenth – unlucky for some, perhaps? Well, not for me, as it turned out, at least not cruciverbally!. I thoroughly enjoyed this one, … Read more >>

You never quite know who’ you’ll have to pit your wits against on a Tuesday, and this week it fell to me to do battle with Hob! This was exactly the kind of … Read more >>

As it is the last Wednesday of the month, Dac has vacated his usual slot to make room for Crosophile. I hadn’t solved or blogged a Crosophile puzzle for a while, which might … Read more >>

Today’s sees Punk’s latest offering, sure to stretch and to entertain in equal measure. In actual fact, this puzzle stretched me less than many of Punk’s creations have, although the dip in level … Read more >>

No surprise this morning to have Phi’s latest offering to grapple with over breakfast. I found this a tougher than average Phi solve, not least since the three clues that I was unable … Read more >>

It hadn’t fallen to me to blog a Scorpion puzzle for quite some time, so I attacked this one with gusto. A quick glance through the clues reveals that there is a theme … Read more >>

As today is the last Wednesday of the month, I was gearing up for a Crosophile puzzle. Since Crosophile provided yesterday’s crossword and for no apparent (thematic) reason, I assumed that there must … Read more >>

I had quite a struggle solving this one and explaining the wordplay to my satisfaction. I think that I got there in the end with all but one clue, 28, so I look … Read more >>