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Setter’s blogs

The setter’s blog has become something of a feature on a number of solving blogs (which sounds a bit contradictory, I know).  A setter writes a few words about how a puzzle was put together, where the idea came from, and so on.  I’ve done a few myself (here’s one) and, now that I have some webpages to play with, I also have a place to put new ones, namely here.  I’ll wait for solution dates to pass, of course, but shortly thereafter I’ll put up a few comments on the puzzle.  In most cases, I won’t be able to supply you with the puzzle itself, due to copyright reasons.

Enigmatic Variations No. 1078: Before and After

Magpie, June 2013: After the Outing

Magpie, August 2013: Remote Control

Inquisitor 1295: Waiter

Enigmatic Variations No. 1085: Unreliable

Independent 8421

Inquisitor 1303: Persuasion

Independent 8458

Crossword Club, November 2013: SADYGOLOCITA

Inquisitor 1312: Shortfall

Enigmatic Variations No. 1105: Loss of Life

Inquisitor 1325: Stopping Service

Inquisitor 1339: The Man with a Gun

Enigmatic Variations No. 1129: Bang!

Inquisitor 1351: How to Spell CAT

Enigmatic Variations No. 1151: Contest

Inquisitor 1364: Find the Word

Listener 4324: Off We Go

Inqusitor 1375: Illusion

Inquisitor 1386: This House Believes

Enigmatic Variations No. 1175: Here’s Looking at You

Inquisitor 1401: Central Item

Magpie, September 2015: Fieldwork

Enigmatic Variations No. 1193: Misnomer

Inquisitor 1420: Coming Through

Enigmatic Variations No. 1212: Star Quality

Inquisitor 1428: Small-Coal

Inquisitor 1438: Something Fishy

Inquisitor 1450: Triptych

Enigmatic Variations No. 1239: What’s at Stake?

Magpie, August 2016: Supporting Roles

Listener 4423: A Bit Up in the Air

Enigmatic Variations No. 1253: Famous Last Words

Inquisitor 1465: Wattwhip

Inquisitor 1480: Bookshelf

Enigmatic Variations No. 1272: Fugue

Inquisitor 1491: Don’t Trust the Picture

Magpie, June 2017: Tunnels

Enigmatic Variations No. 1285: Outrageous Simile

Listener 4462: Squares

Inquisitor 1504: Small Amounts

Inquisitor 1521: The Hard Stuff

Enigmatic Variations No. 1313: Uncommon Happiness

Inquisitor 1534: Unsatisfying

Inquisitor 1547: Northern Lights and Enigmatic Variations No. 1335: Treasure Hunt

Inquisitor 1560: Phase Shift

Inquisitor 1567: The Magic of Opera

Enigmatic Variations No. 1357: Giving the Game Away

Magpie: November 2018: Perversity

Listener 4530: Gallery

Inquisitor 1587: A Growing Population

Magpie, March 2019: Snap?

Listener 4551: Optics (by Phibre)

Inquisitor 1595: Invalid Care

Enigmatic Variations No. 1387: Wonderful Ghoul

Inquisitor 1606: Posthum(or)ous

Enigmatic Variations No. 1403: Arrival

Inquisitor 1622:

Enigmatic Variations No. 1413: Not on the Level

Listener 4592: Graven Image

Inquisitor 1635: Double Checking

Enigmatic Variations No. 1424: Lending a Hand

Inquisitor 1642: Transfer of Power

Magpie, April 2020: Spectacular

Enigmatic Variations No. 1441: Extracts

Enigmatic Variations No. 1450: Matches

Inquisitor 1664: Codenames

Crossword Centre: Minor Variations

Crossword Club: Anniversary

Inquisitor 1675: Queen of the North

Enigmatic Variations No. 1463: Drawing Parallels

Inquisitor 1688: Targeted Treatment

Enigmatic Variations No. 1480: Spoiler Alert

Listener 4652: 8×8

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This is the website of Paul Henderson, who sets crosswords for The Independent (London) under the pseudonyms Phi, for the Daily Telegraph (London) under the pseudonym Kcit, and anonymously for The Times (London) amongst many other outlets. For a more detailed biography see the About Me page.

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