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Thanks to Brummie for a pleasing weekend crossword, not too difficult. The nine clues of a kind that lack definitions give dances, though in fact I can only find eight clues.  This is either … Read more >>

I had confidently predicted an Orlando for today, as we haven’t seen him since just before Christmas, so was slightly worried to see Bonxie’s name, as I’ve sometimes found his puzzles quite hard, … Read more >>

Lots of fun and clever cluing from Paul – favourites were 1dn and 6,23 and biggest groan was for 8dn. Across 9 A BIT STEEP =”Just too much” (pie at best)* 10 EPOCH … Read more >>

I’m a last minute stand-in for the scheduled blogger therefore this has been prepared in somewhat of a hurry so please excuse any errors. A most enjoyable puzzle from Enigmatist today, themed around … Read more >>

Quite an enjoyable outing today with a good blend of devices to tickle the mind. ACROSS 1 ORIGINAL SIN Ins of I GIN (one drink) in ORALS (exams) + IN and of course, … Read more >>

It’s Monday, it’s Rufus and so we know what to expect – what’s often called a gentle start to the week, with the usual quota of double and cryptic definitions and some smiles … Read more >>

Looking back through the archives, I see that, lately, I [and others] in blogs of Araucaria Prize puzzles have commented  that they were over rather too quickly. I remember a time when an … Read more >>

A gentle Friday puzzle from Araucaria, in which for once ellipses between clues actually contribute to the solve. I went straight in at 5ac. and the rest was mostly plain sailing . Thanks … Read more >>

A fun puzzle and fairly steady solve from Paul, with some ingenious and amusing clues, and one or two easy ones to get / keep things going and to help with less familiar … Read more >>

Today’s puzzle is very entertaining with many lovely and clever devices. When I say I found a puzzle easy (like I did last week) it probably meant that I took less than 10 … Read more >>

Brendan is becoming quite a regular as stand-in for Rufus on his occasional Mondays off, and this was a typically enjoyable puzzle, and mostly not too hard, though with a theme that might … Read more >>

An enjoyable prize puzzle from Paul, which seemed mostly straightforward except for some general knowledge I was lacking with regard to the theme… … which was Mexican people and things. I don’t quite … Read more >>