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I started solving at a very young age and when other young men were discovering different magazines, I was discovering the joys of Quiz Digest and Tough Puzzles, although didn’t fully understand things except Printers’ Devilry puzzles. Cut teeth on Altair in the Guardian and went on to discover the joys of Araucaria and Bunthorne, the latter becoming a personal friend. With the advent of the Internet, I rekindled my joy of solving and with encouragement got into the murky world of Azeds, Listeners and such-like. Became a moderator on Derek Harrison’s excellent site and finally got into compiling, having had puzzles published in the Indy Mag, The Magpie and others. Ambition is to be good enough to be published regularly and to see in print his idea of a Listener puzzle on the works of Barry Manilow. However, success at one may prevent the other from materialising. Other recent highlights include not making a fool of himself on Mastermind and likewise on Countdown.

FT 12531 / Gozo – Top Banana

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SOLVING TIME: 24 MINUTES Apologies for the late posting.  A very clever puzzle from Gozo, reminiscent of Araucaria, with some good clueing, although a couple of queries.  There seems to be an ambiguity … Read more >>

Independent 6481 / Dac Solid stuff

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Apologies for the lateness.  Trip to Manchester that turned into a nightmare and nearly resulted in an overnight hospital stay. Solving time: 23 minutes Like Phi, Dac always produces solid dependable puzzles that always … Read more >>

FT 12518 / Flimsy – Straightforward(ish)

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Solving Time: 14 minutes Fairly straightforward fare with a couple of nice off-the-wall clues.  Bit baffled by 24 down. ACROSS   * = Anagram  (r) = Reversal  (CD) =  Cryptic definition 1  MEMBER (RE)MEMBER 5  … Read more >>

Independent 6477 / Phi Pleasant stroll

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Solving Time: 19 minutes Another reliable enjoyable puzzle from Phi.  Nothing too taxing today, although 4 across held me up for a little while.  Not too many anagrams today, either. ACROSS  * = ANAGRAM    … Read more >>

FT Puzzle 12502 by Flimsy

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Solving time: 11 minutes Apologies for the late posting but those nice folks on the FT website didn’t put today’s (or yesterday’s) puzzles up until late tonight.  A very easy puzzle with too … Read more >>