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Another Monday Rufus in his standard easy style.  Thanks Rufus.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  [[Pictures at the bottom have an identified link to the puzzle.  As usual, please double-bracket any comment … Read more >>

I liked this very much, some really great clues, so many it would be unfair to pick a favourite.   But I will anyway: 26 across it is. On the whole I found this … Read more >>

This felt a bit harder than a typical Chifonie, as if the clue structures were rather more involved than usual, though looking down the list of explanations there’s actually nothing very complicated. There … Read more >>

Enjoyed this, with some easier solutions providing much-needed crossers to help with several tricky clues at the end. Favourites today were 12ac and 18ac. Across 1, 5 EXCUSE MY FRENCH =”pardonnez-moi” (r[evitalise] c[rêperie] … Read more >>

As I awoke most mornings this past few days, bleary-eyed from staying up late to watch sporting action from  Wimbledon, I have to contend with two rascals (see picture left) from London who … Read more >>

A typical Monday miscellany of cryptic / double definitions, ingenious anagrams and smooth surfaces from Rufus to start our week.  Many thanks to him. [Readers will no doubt be glad to hear this … Read more >>

  Well, I’m certainly not complaining about this Prize puzzle not being challenging enough / being over too quickly! I had all the answers in on Saturday but it took a day or … Read more >>

Here we have the wide range of references and creative clueing typical of Araucaria. Like yesterday’s Crucible. the puzzle is liberally sprinkled with envelopes. And it surely can be described as colourful. Across … Read more >>

I’m really sticking my neck out here but there seems to be some problem about today’s blog. The normal practice would be for Gaufrid to ask for a replacement, or to await offers, … Read more >>

I thoroughly enjoyed this entertaining puzzle from Brendan, with its mini-theme which leads us off in several directions, with a variety of witty cluing, as ever I have a feeling that I’m missing … Read more >>

Quite an easy canter except for a couple of hard-boiled eggs, which you should expect from Gordius.     Place cursor over clue number to read the clue Across 1 SPUTUM Ins of … Read more >>