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A very gentle (though mildly Shakespeare-flavoured) offering this morning from Falcon, which is just fine by this blogger, as no-one, least of all me, needs to have their brain over-taxed before breakfast on … Read more >>

A fairly easy puzzle from Sleuth this morning, and one that I enjoyed. Just one cavil: the number of clues that require us to remove a letter here or there before putting the … Read more >>

I can’t remember the last time a Thursday FT gave me so much trouble. I had a tremendous tussle with this excellent offering from Alberich, with the NW corner in particular putting up … Read more >>

I always enjoy Redshank’s puzzles, but I have to say that for me this wasn’t one of his very finest: I wasn’t fond of the recurring ‘augmented anagram’ mechanism (do we have a … Read more >>

I found this a little bit trickier than the usual FT Thursday offering, but it was clever, original and in the end very enjoyable. For a while I thouht there might be something … Read more >>

I’m not used to being presented with unusual challenges by Thursday’s FT, but this nicely-worked puzzle from Gozo proved to be just that. All of the Across clues in the grid are foreign … Read more >>

A welcome return for our friend Orense, who always does a sound job on a Thursday. Having said that, however, the structure of this morning’s puzzle (with its 4 x 15-letter word perimeter), … Read more >>

I’m late, I’m late, I’m late… so no time for small-talk, except to say that this was was enjoyable puzzle that I would have been done with in half the time had it … Read more >>

I enjoyed this offering from Gurney. It seemed very fresh; that might be because I don’t blog Gurney’s puzzles very often, or it might simply be because this was a well-thought-out, witty and … Read more >>

A typically solid and enjoyable puzzle from Orense today. Nothing too problematic, but several stand-out clues and a few novel and ingenious mechanisms – so thank-you, Orense. ACROSS 1. SUPINE  Reversal of US [American] … Read more >>

It’s the first day of the Lord’s Test, so I was glad this puzzle from Alberich didn’t delay me beyond the start of Test Match Special. A quick-ish solve but a very enjoyable … Read more >>

A fun puzzle, this, from Dogberry, though an easy, breezy solve. A lot of original word selections, which I approve of (perhaps Dogberry was seeking to balance the novelty of, say, 12dn by … Read more >>

Straightforwardly enjoyable stuff from Neo today. Rather a lot of straight anagrams, and a couple of hoary old setter’s clichés, but fun nonetheless. There are topical Tour de France references, I believe, at … Read more >>

Some nice stuff from Hamilton here, mixed in with a surfeit of anagrams (for anagramphobes like me) and one or two quibblesome clues. Enjoyed it, though had a heck of a time with … Read more >>

I don’t think I’ve blogged on a Wanderer puzzle before; if this was his or her début, then it was a good one. The grid layout (four-letter-words abounding) was a nice change, and the … Read more >>