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A super puzzle. Traditional in style without feeling old-fashioned. Thank you Basilisk. ACROSS 1 PHARMACY Drug supplier’s quick to limit damage (8) PACY (quick) contains (to limit) HARM (damage) 5 ESCAPE Flight … Read more >>
As the US election hangs scarily in the balance, a welcome diversion from Maskarade. A few bits of general knowledge required, and there are a couple of answers that are perhaps a bit … Read more >>
It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Klingsor, who is a compiler whose work I am more used to encountering on a Thursday than … Read more >>
A third offering from Hedge-sparrow, a relative newcomer to the illustrious company of Inquisitor setters. The rubric read: One letter per grid row is not indicated by the wordplay of the clues. These … Read more >>
My first tussle with this setter, and a quite a tussle it was. I was shamefully slow out of the traps this morning, eventually completing the SE corner with hardly anything else showing. … Read more >>
A themed effort from Qaos this morning, My original preamble seems to have disappeared, so from memory… The theme of today’s puzzle is the author Stephen King, generally considered a horror writer, although … Read more >>
Gila is a setter whose puzzles appear every two months or so in the daily Independent series. Following on from the Nina offering advice to electors in the US Presidential … Read more >>
Anto divides his time these days (or the editor does it for him) between the Quiptic and the daily Grauniad cryptic. This was a fine example of the former, with some pleasing anagrams … Read more >>
Great start to the week from Moo. A very enjoyable solve. A few write ins, but mostly a neatly and cleverly clued puzzle. Required a bit of general knowledge to complete, but all … Read more >>
Alchemi is not a regular visitor to the Monday Indy slot, but he has turned up today with an intriguing puzzle for us. Maybe it’s because I only ever blog … Read more >>
I thought I might get the whole thing done in one pass, but ran out of steam with 5 to go mainly in the top left. Just as well really. When I got … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28280. A very quick solve, with a few quibbles. 11A held me up looking for a cryptic element, but I cannot find any. ACROSS 1 BITE THE … Read more >>
It’s the Peter and Pierre show this Sunday. At the risk of repeating myself, we are not related; as far as I know, we are not even the same sex. The IoS puzzle … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Oct 25, 2020 Enjoyable stuff again, although not squeaky-clean. Even a bit dotty because Everyman gives us no less than four clues-with-dots. Unfortunately, I don’t really see the need … Read more >>
A ‘jigsaw’ puzzle from Kite this month – with the pieces all needing a bit of additional work before entry…