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Micawber’s in a pretty gentle mood today but his puzzles are always enjoyable.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you thought of it.… Read More
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I was delighted to discover that it was a Micawber day because it’s over a year since I last had the pleasure of blogging one of his puzzles.… Read More
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Many thanks to Micawber for a fun-packed puzzle though if I hadn’t known the setter I might have guessed that it was by yesterday’s compiler, what with the food and music references and a few mad-hat clues.… Read More
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I lived in Greater Manchester for many years and know very well the area where the dreadful outrage happened so I was devastated by the events of Monday evening.… Read More
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Getting a Micawber to blog on Wednesdays is always the highlight of the crossword week for me. This one was on the easier side but as enjoyable as ever (and it’s a pangram).… Read More
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Micawber’s given us a fairly fluffy Toughie today but it’s as enjoyable as his puzzles always are.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared with the puzzle and what you thought of it.… Read More
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It’s turning out to be a good week in Toughieland – Dada yesterday and Micawber today. I started off at a pedestrian pace with this one but speeded up in the home straight.… Read More
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****/*****
Thanks to Micawber for another great puzzle – he never disappoints.
There is a note in the paper saying: ‘There Once was a Man With Six Wives: Our Kings and Queens in Limericks by Mick Twister, aka Micawber, is published tomorrow, available at books.telegraph.co.uk – a noble theme.’ If this is as funny as Mick’s previous book of limericks ‘There was an Old Geezer called Caesar‘ we’re in for a treat.… Read More
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Many thanks Micawber for a magnificent end-of-year toughie, in which all the surface readings are references to 2016 headlines – a remarkable achievement that makes for a highly enjoyable solve.… Read More
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Yet another problem with the site – but this time it was a bit different. Two of the processes implemented in order to resolve the hacking and DDoS threats, the firewall and Cloudflare, “fell out” with each other and the firewall was blocking the traffic from Cloudflare. … Read More
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