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I was expecting to see Dac occupying his regular Wednesday slot this morning, and there he was with his latest offering. I found this a harder-than-average Dac. Despite having solved a handful of … Read more >>

It is Thursday today, a slot that is traditionally occupied by any one of a pool of compilers, and this time it is occupied by Anax. Whenever you see a crossword signed Anax, … Read more >>

This Friday brings us the latest offering from Phi, who is occupying his customary slot. I made steady progress through this (in my view, medium-difficulty) Phi puzzle, only to come unstuck at the … Read more >>

It is Tuesday today and it falls to me to bog Hob’s latest puzzle, my second opportunity to do so in the last two months. I found this a quirky and thoroughly entertaining … Read more >>

It’s Wednesday today, so time for my weekly dose of Dac. I thought I was going to race through this one, and indeed I did speed through the first two thirds; the final … Read more >>

It was only a month ago that I had the pleasure of blogging a puzzle by Morph, so I was not expecting to get to blog another for quite some time. I found … Read more >>

It is Friday today and Phi is occupying his usual slot. I made steady progress through this one, which I consider to be of about average difficulty for Phi. I hesitated for a … Read more >>

It is Tuesday today, and the slot is occupied by Punk, whose puzzles always pack a punch, this one more than most! A quick scan of the clues shows that 26/4 is the … Read more >>

Dac is occupying the Wednesday slot again this week, as you might expect. Speaking to a fellow solver about Dac’s puzzles last week, he said that he always comes back to a puzzle … Read more >>

It hadn’t fallen to me to blog a Morph puzzle for a good few months, so I attacked this morning’s offering with particular gusto. I seemed very much to be on Morph’s wavelength … Read more >>

It’s Friday today, so not surprising to find Phi occupying the slot this morning. I found that I got about three quarters of the way through this one before grinding to a halt, … Read more >>

It’s been a while since it last fell to me to blog a Punk, so I was relishing the challenge of solving and then blogging this one – while at the same time … Read more >>

It is the last Wednesday of the month and so Crosophile’s time to tease us with his latest puzzle. I made fairly swift progress through this puzzle, helped to no small extent by … Read more >>

It is Thursday today, and it falls to me to blog the latest offering by Hob, a compiler whose work I have hitherto had few opportunities even to solve, let alone blog. I … Read more >>

It’s Friday today, so one would expect to be doing battle with Phi. A medium-difficulty puzzle today, in my view, with no apparent theme, although it could well have gone straight over my … Read more >>