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An enjoyable, to me easier-than-average puzzle from Dac today, with its characteristic array of beautifully crafted clues. There were more propernouns – cultural/historical figures and the like – than average in today’s puzzle, … Read more >>

I am rather bleary-eyed after a long journey, so apologies in advance if my blog does not do justice to Nestor’s beautifully crafted and, in my view, highly enjoyable puzzle. The four 14-letter … Read more >>

I found that I rather coasted through this one, more quickly than I would through most of Phi’s offerings: why is it that when one has lots of blogging time on one’s hands … Read more >>

I had to dig deep this morning to complete and blog this one in time, which is not unusual for a Scorpion puzzle or, indeed, for a puzzle using a grid such as … Read more >>

There was the usual crop of high-quality, carefully crafted clues on offer from Dac this Wednesday morning. As usual, they were as pleasurable to blog as they were to solve. Having said that, … Read more >>

To be brutally honest, I have to say that Nimrod ran rings around me with today’s puzzle, even more so than usual. Of all the puzzles that I have blogged to date, this … Read more >>

I suppose that many of us, having solved so many crosswords and taken part in so many quizzes over the years, probably feel that our general knowledge is pretty reasonable and that we … Read more >>

It’s Tuesday and I’m blogging a Scorpion puzzle, so it’s doubtless time for a thematic puzzle and/or a Nina. As thematic puzzles go, some reveal their themes more easily than others, and, I … Read more >>

A recent blogger of a Dac puzzle defied any reader to pick fault with what he saw as a flawless set of clues, and I can only echo those sentiments in respect of … Read more >>

One of the reasons why I started blogging, and perhaps why my blogs might appear pedantically detailed to some readers, was that I wanted to help a couple of colleagues of mine who … Read more >>

Phi gave me a tougher than usual workout this morning, with some teasing wordplay and some more unusual items of vocabulary. There were new words for me as entries at 1, 5 and … Read more >>

My apologies for a later than normal post: I have just returned home from a holiday and dug out my laptop. I had only previously blogged one puzzle by Scorpion before today, a … Read more >>

With Dac as the mastermind behind today’s puzzle, highly sound clues with smooth-as-silk surface readings were bound to be the order of the day, and Dac did not disappoint. Overall, I very much … Read more >>

When you have a Nimrod puzzle to solve or to blog, you know you are in for a challenge, and true to form, he has not disappointed today. For me, more so with … Read more >>

I feel as though I have been put through my paces this morning, by a set of Phi’s typically ultra-sound clues. As for how the solving went, it was a puzzle of two … Read more >>