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An enjoyable puzzle from Slormgorm. Quite a few animals – making me want to find a theme, but alas I could not. Almost a few mini themes going on. I worked through this … Read more >>

ZAMORCA kicks off the week… A lovely puzzle this, and a pangram too, which helped me out with the X in my LOI, 20 and 23. Plenty of good clues, with 27 being … Read more >>

Velia has set a very enjoyable pangram this morning. I always look forward to the puzzle when I see it is set by Velia. A good steady solve this morning. 3d, 19d and … Read more >>

Another Monday MOO to start the week… This is the second MOO I’ve blogged, and, as with the first, it was very enjoyable. The Dolly and Paris references in 10 and 22 took … Read more >>

Very enjoyable pangram from Zamorca. I found this morning’s puzzle thoroughly enjoyable – not overly challenging, but kept me on my toes throughout. Very neat and clear clues with some excellent surfaces. First … Read more >>

A (mostly) gentle start to the week from VELIA… This all went quite swimmingly, with all the long clues round the edges going in early on. Nothing to complain about (though I dare … Read more >>

Good start to the week. Thanks to Slormgorm for this Monday morning challenge. A couple of old chestnuts, but overall a good challenge on the correct level of difficulty expected on a Monday. … Read more >>

MOO!… I believe this is the first MOO I’ve blogged. A very satisfying solve with a lot of very nice surfaces. 7d and 20a amused me. Thanks MOO! ACROSS 1. Go, but only … Read more >>

A very enjoyable pangram from Zamorca this morning. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle – lots of witty surfaces and misdirections that kept me on my toes. 2D might be tricky for non-Brits (or … Read more >>

VELIA kicks off the week… Firstly, I apologise if I’ve got 20d wrong. It was the last one in, and I couldn’t justify SPIN (or anything else for that matter). *** 20d is … Read more >>

Nice to see a Slormgorm this morning. A pleasant and fairly easy Monday solve. Thanks to Slormgorm! ACROSS 1. Load of drugs taken in party by guru (6) DOSAGE DO (party) by SAGE … Read more >>

A Monday morning ZAMORCA to see us into the week… Good mix of clues with some nice surfaces. A few old chestnuts. Very enjoyable. Thanks ZAMORCA! ACROSS 1. Support contract in Australia is … Read more >>

Super challenge from Basilisk. Took me longer than usual to get through this puzzle – a good thing in my book! I had to seek assistance on 15d which had me stumped but … Read more >>

A ZAMORCA to start off Monday… Not much to say really… nothing too taxing here, though the precise parsing of some of them was a little awkward. I suppose 7d might be a … Read more >>

A satisfying solve this morning with a dependably good challenge from Velia. Almost a pangram but not quite – just missing Q and Z. I enjoyed the contronyms. A couple of solutions required … Read more >>