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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 law.

Update December 2021: to keep the length of the more active list manageable I have transferred a large number of the blogs to an archive page. Please use the search function (title or puzzle number should work) to find a specific blog. If it happens to be a blog for a puzzle that has also appeared on the site you will get puzzle, solution and blog as hits.

Setter’s blogs archive

Inquisitor 1688: Targeted Treatment

Enigmatic Variations No. 1480: Spoiler Alert

Listener 4652: 8×8

Inquisitor 1699: An Alternative Guide to Wonderland

Magpie, July 2021: Means to an End

Enigmatic Variations No. 1501: Alternative Names

Inquisitor 1714: Clouds

Inquisitor 1727: On Track

Enigmatic Variations No. 1517: Pseudonym

Inquisitor 1741: Schindler’s List

Magpie, March 2022: 17 downs

Enigmatic Variations No. 1537: Additive

Inquisitor 1754: Motto

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About me

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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