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Lorraine: Good morning to you all, nice non-taxing puzzle this week, no particular favourites, just a nice well rounded solve. Thank you Everyman as always. Across 1. Excellent English poet capturing hearts (8) CHAMPION … Read more >>
A puzzle with enjoyable surfaces. Thanks Glowworm. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have an unidentified link to the puzzle.]] Across 1 Seconds a beanpole may welcome? (7-2) … Read more >>
A rare special on a non-competition day, which was a very pleasant exercise — I don’t remember seeing this type of crossword before and I found solving tricky, not for all the usual … Read more >>
This is our 25th blog on 225 and, amazingly, our first Anax, so we approached it with eager anticipation, as he is one of the most challenging Indy setters and one of our … Read more >>
A short preamble, straight clues apart from a protagonist to find and several without a definition 3 descriptions of the protagonist and four works by them – Sounds like this might be one … Read more >>
A very enjoyable prize puzzle from Araucaria, with a mini-theme based on 27a (also my favourite clue in the puzzle). There were a couple here I needed to Google to be able to … Read more >>
An agreeable start to the day Across 9 PEN-PUSHER (cog in office) N in PEP (go) USHER (escort) 10 BLAIR (Tony) B (secondary) LAIR (haunt) 11 CHEETAH (fast animal) sounds … Read more >>
We don’t think there has been a Phi puzzle that we haven’t liked. There are often themes, some of which we have missed when we have been blogging so we looked long and … Read more >>
I found this quite difficult.
My apologies to one and all for the late post – I was kept away from my computer until after lunch. In my humble opinion, a Nestor puzzle is always a joy to … Read more >>
So, Hamilton, we meet again… My nemesis from a few weeks ago is on rather more enjoyable form today, not quite having me clicking my heels with joy (it takes more than a … Read more >>
I haven’t blogged an Orlando crossword for months, so I was very pleased to see his name on this one – a witty puzzle, with lots of fine surfaces and clever misdirection, as … Read more >>
Dante today as is often the case on a Monday, prize puzzle 14027 from 11th June can be found here. As usual it’s a lot of cryptic and double definitions. People generally find … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 9, 2012 There are some typically brilliant Cincinnus clues in this puzzle, notably 29A (HEAVENWARDS) and 4D (BALFOUR), a couple of very devious clues, 1A … Read more >>
I found this difficult. I got off to a flying start, filling half the grid in no time, but then ground to a complete halt. After that it was hard going all the way to … Read more >>