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Cryptic #8: The Slow Brown Fox

 My Eighth Crossword Another normal one today. Not much to preamble on about, but I do now stream on  Twitch , on Fridays at 8pm GMT, or 7am Saturday in Sydney, or 3pm Friday in New York. Feel free to join me if you'd like. Some nice clues in this one - maybe a bit more middle-of-the-road than usual. Have fun! - GAIS, 24/01/21

Tidbits: Uluru (Wordoku #1)

As promised, here's a puzzle which is not a cryptic crossword. Having been inspired by Michael X, then more recently MentalPlayground and Jack Keynes, I decided to make a wordoku: a sudoku with letters, and none given at the start. This was a nuisance to grid, but then everything fell into place, and it was great fun. Got decent reviews too. Have fun! - GAIS, 16/01/21

Cryptic #7: x = 8.15

My Seventh Crossword  Just a normal one today, after last week's absolute monster.  Not much to say, other than I really love some of the clues here, despite the presence of an obscure word or two.  Massive thanks to Jack Keynes for test solving. #8 has been gridded already, so expect it out probably before the month ends. By the way, I plan to stream maybe once a week at 9:30pm GMT* on Fridays, starting on the 15th. Follow me over on https://twitch.tv/go_away_im_sleeping if you so wish. Have fun! - GAIS, 13/01/21 *That's 1:30pm in California, 4:30pm in New York, 10:30pm in Western Europe, 5:30am Saturday in Singapore, and 8:30am Saturday in Sydney.

Cryptic #6: Headless deer? Sounds viscous - thanks!

  My Sixth Crossword And my second themer, as promised - and what a theme. A pretty tricksy theme too - I don't know if you'll even notice it in some spots. This was an absolute pain, both to grid and to clue. Thanks to MP and his stream for test solving, even though a lot of the theme didn't end up working, and massive thanks to Jack Keynes and Elwood for helping me re-clue it. It's much better now than it was an hour or so ago. #7 has been partially gridded, so expect it out in the next few weeks. Ooh! I almost forgot. I will start streaming on Twitch hopefully sometime this week, probably around Friday or Saturday, so make sure to follow me  over there . Have fun! - GAIS, 11/01/21

Cryptic #5: What's Eurovision?

 My Fifth Crossword Normal one today. A few tricky ones, some obscure words, some cryptic definitions, but I'm pretty happy with the result. This grid featured the last of the OG Seed Entries: clues that I've had in my mind for the past year or so, but couldn't fit them into any previous grids. #6 has been gridded already - but I've decided that every 3rd grid will be a themer, and #6's theme will be an absolute pain to clue, so don't hold your breath. Thanks to everyone on MentalPlayground's stream (see left) for test solving, and especially to femvoxfan and Jack Keynes for helping me re-grid it: the initial version had some awful words in it. (The title is a reference to a Milton Jones joke, by the way.) Have fun! - GAIS, 02/01/21