10,000

The 10,000th Independent puzzle appeared this week, on 31 October, and I was very pleased to have been asked to produce ...

The perils of the post

Having spent some time typing up a BBC Music Magazine puzzle, I discover it’s one I already have up on the site, w...

Spring

Let’s herald Spring with a puzzle that couldn’t now appear (though it’s only from 2011).  The new...

Puzzles you can’t remember

I was musing in an email about not remembering how your own clues work after about – oh – two weeks, shall w...

The perils of the dictionary

I missed an update due to a busy weekend followed by a bad attack of some viral thing or other (I can recommend not fain...

Comments on puzzles

I found myself wondering about commenting on puzzles this week.  The immediate prompt was an email from another set...

Another first

When I started putting puzzles up on this site, I went through my files and extracted the first example of all puzzle se...

And the weekend has gone…

So I have resorted to a puzzle I can add to the site quickly – another unpublished Beelzebub (there are still quit...

The double blog

This time sees the appearance of a double setter’s blog, addressing both puzzles that appeared a couple of weekend...

Early for once

Well, I had a day off, and, in any case, the reason I need to get things up early provides a topic to discuss. The new p...