Independent 6,918/Dac

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Nothing too difficult here, but absolutely nothing to complain about either. Lovely clues as ever from Dac, and a nice way to pass the time on the 73 bus between Angel and Euston … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,953 by Monk

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I used to approach Monk’s offerings with a degree of apprehension but fortunately I have now become used to his style. Some fine clues today (I particularly liked 14a and 17a, amongst others), … Read more >>

Guardian 24,574/Rover

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A bit of a mixed bag today, with some very simple anagrams a a few nice clues, but also some rather weak ones, and a couple of obscure (to me) references. Key: dd … Read more >>

Azed 1906: Morse coda

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Apologies for the late publication of this blog. I’m a last minute substitute and pressure of work prevented me from filing it yesterday as I had intended. The puzzle itself was an elegant … Read more >>

Financial Times 12952 / Satori

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I was away in Bangalore for a couple of days but luckily returned home this morning in time for my scheduled blog.  A puzzle that doesn’t come under the ‘easy’ category. Across 1 … Read more >>

Guardian 24,573 (Paul)

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Across 9,8 OSCAR PETERSON: anagram of SOON around CARPETERS (layers) 10 JAZZ: JA + ZZ (sound of snoring) 11 COUNT BASIE: COUNT (consider) + I in BASE (essence) 12,17 BILLIE HOLIDAY: LIB (reversed) … Read more >>

Independent 6916 by Tees

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone I found this a little easier than some Tees puzzles, but one or two left me a bit bewildered (especially 19 across). The three clues linked by pillow talk … Read more >>

FT 12,949/Mudd

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A healthy assortment of subject matter and chicanery today, with nothing being too obscure (although 22A may have perplexed those who have never dared to cross the threshold of a betting shop). Across … Read more >>

Independent 6914/Phi

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I didn’t time myself for this as I was listening to England’s heroics in India at the same time, so probably not giving it quite the usual attention. It seemed the usual Phi thing, … Read more >>

Guardian 24,570/Chifonie

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After Araucaria’s Miltonic epic and Paul’s Queen/Chess combo this week it was almost a relief to return to milder waters today with Chifonie. I found this mostly very easy, with just a couple … Read more >>