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Raffles is a relatively new setter with his first EV last November, no. 1149 Common Usage with its Nancy Mitford theme. His first Listener was a few weeks ago — no. 4356 Mashonaland, … Read more >>
We certainly found this tough going – lots of lovely clues to enjoy along the way, though. Thanks to Paul for a difficult but fun challenge. Across 1. Lean to one side, then … Read more >>
When I first saw the grid I thought there would be a Nina message on the perimeter somehow. This grid is surely crying out for it. But no, forget the perimeter this is … Read more >>
Many thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for us while we were out of internet range the last couple of weeks. Also thanks to Gaufrid and Pierre for sorting out a blog at … Read more >>
Enjoyed this a lot, and got stuck on the top half for a while. Favourites were both 5ac/dn, 9ac and 23dn.
Been a while since I saw Hamilton on a Friday. Today’s FT challenge was meaty, refreshing and in parts, fiendish. I had to refer to googling to confirm a couple of my solutions, and still have one clue whose complete parsing eludes me. In all, a very welcome challenge so thanks to Hamilton.
I received an email from our hosting company yesterday regarding the site’s move to a new server, quote: “We will be migrating your website(s) and email to our new, high performance hosting platform on … Read more >>
Thanks, Gozo, for a clever crossword with some good clues.
Although Philistine has been setting in the Guardian since July 2011, I don’t ever seem to have blogged one of his puzzles, at least not for some time. But better late than never, … Read more >>
Knut’s latest offering fills the Thursday compiling slot this week. And a first perusal of the clues suggests that this puzzle has not appeared today by chance: the clues are littered with references … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Aug 31, 2015
Some might say ‘just another Dante’ but this crossword took me a bit longer than usual (mainly due to the SW).
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 29, 2015 I was very pleased to find a new Rosa Klebb puzzle waiting for me last weekend. And I enjoyed solving it despite a … Read more >>
A difficult puzzle which I made harder for myself than necessary.
A tricky little number from Don today.
Another puzzle from Dac with a set of good surfaces to the clues, but … I am left wondering about the frequent (well, three) use of the word ‘wanting’ in … Read more >>