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Anto is providing our entertainment today: mostly straightforward with a few tricky moments. I made steady progress with this, then realised I’d got absolutely nothing in the SW corner. That held out for … Read more >>
Thanks Gila for an enjoyable challenge this morning. Gila is testing us with a wide range of cultural influences (art, literature and music); there are a few unusual words but the clues are … Read more >>
A gentle start to the week from VELIA… Good mix of clues here, nothing too challenging. Some lovely surfaces, 8d and 13d in particular. I found 10a a bit odd in that there … Read more >>
Even by “gentle Monday” standards I made short work of this, with a lot of write-ins. There seems to be a definite mistake in one clue, and I have a couple of other … Read more >>
A tougher crossword this time – least ways that’s the way I found it. It has some top-notch clues and it was worth re-reading them to do this blog. When I started solving … Read more >>
A pleasing puzzle from Everyman for our Sunday morning entertainment. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed … Read more >>
Rather more compound anagrams than usual in this week’s plain Azed.
Thanks Skinny for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 Rocking robin, huge one seen next door (9) NEIGHBOUR : Anagram of(Rocking) ROBIN, HUGE. 10 Crown represented in a … Read more >>
Tees teases us today….. …. but we’re afraid we didn’t really enjoy solving this puzzle – it didn’t raise any smiles and seemed to be a mixture of some very straightforward clues and … Read more >>
Hello all. Thanks to Eclogue, the STREET, or perhaps TESTER, of this puzzle. The preamble reads: In the completed grid for TRISECTOR, solvers must highlight a writer and the associated thematic pseudonym, … Read more >>
Something of a political theme for this week’s prize puzzle. My solving partner Timon correctly predicted that we were due for a Paul, and so it proved. There are some very clever clues … Read more >>
A typical Wanderer offering, thanks to whom for a pleasurable workout.
Phi has brought this week’s suite of midweek puzzles to an end. I found this to be a medium-difficult puzzle, through which I made steady progress before grinding to a halt in the … Read more >>
I made a slow start on this, with very few answers on my first pass through, but once I had a few in I was lucky to guess the long phrases from their … Read more >>
Thanks Vlad. This was no pushover, but not too difficult, giving enjoyment to the end. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 One’s not committed? Get an answer to this (4,5) FREE … Read more >>