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A bit of a surprise – by no means an unpleasant one  – to see Brendan on a Monday and especially so soon after last week’s ‘Prize’ puzzle. I thought this was a … Read more >>

An abundance of opportunities for me to add a link this week … … due to the many pseudonyms (or 15s or 17s) included in the grid, along with some real names in … Read more >>

It’s Paul rounding off a generally good week of puzzles. I found this fairly straightforward, to both solve and parse. There are some witty and ingenious clues – rather fewer of them, owing … Read more >>

I wouldn’t call this easy, exactly, but some well-constructed clues meant that I got through it quite quickly. Some political commentary raises its head, as often with this setter, with one particularly clever … Read more >>

After another three-week absence, Paul returns to the Saturday slot – which puts him back once again in synch with my four-weekly Saturday blog. I reckon this must be my fastest-ever solve of … Read more >>

Imogen sets the challenge today, with his customary medley of straightforward and some more tricky clues. My favourites were 9, 11,and 26ac and 10, 17 and 20dn. One bit of parsing (4dn) escapes … Read more >>