#211: Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! A 15x15 grid packed with festive theming for you all this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Liari and MP for testing.

#210: Pirate Ninjas

Hi all! A smaller 13x13 grid for you all this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Liari and MP for testing.

#209: Self Checkout

Hi all! A 15x15 for you all this week where I've chosen exclusively somewhat challenging words to fill the grid—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Liari and MP for testing.

#208: Running Joke

Hi all! A 15x15 grid for you all this week with something you might spot—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Liari and MP for testing.

#207: Clothes Peg

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid for you all this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Liari and MP for testing.

#206: American Film

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid for you all this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Liari and MP for testing.

#205: Fair-weather Friend

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid for you all this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Liari and MP for testing.

#204: Cocktail Lounge

Hi all! A baby 11x11 grid this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#203: Sugar-Dusted

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to MP and Liari for testing.

#202: Manipulative Mephistopheles

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid for you this week, although for some reason I was prettily heavily constrained in the clues this time—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to MP (first draft) and Juff (final) for the tests.

OUTTAKE 22: General Knowledge 9 "Construction Site"

Hi all! Just another midweek trivia grid—good luck! (squares.io)

#201: Boss Music

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid this week for you—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to MP, Liari and Skald for the test.

#200: Alien Sun

Hi all! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 It's Grid #200! To celebrate, I have a jumbo-sized 23x23 grid for you—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Many thanks to Juff and Skald for several rounds of testing.

#199: Casual Air

Hi all! A slightly smaller 13x13 grid this week in anticipation of something larger to follow—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Juff for the test.

#198: Trendy Pedestrian

Hi all! Since we hadn't had one in a while, here's an A-Z jigsaw—good luck! I recommend the squares.io link for easier solving. (parses). Thanks to Juff and Longyfan for testing.

#197: Dawn Chorus

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid for you all this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to MP and Liari for testing.

#196: Chocolate Ice-Cream

Hi all! A generously-themed 15x15 grid for you this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Juff, MP, Liari, Matt and Skald for testing, and special thanks to Pixlate for providing the much-improved version of 26 Across.

#195: Trap Street

Hi all! A slightly-smaller 13x13 grid this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Juff for the test.

OUTTAKE 21: General Knowledge 8 "Creative Enjambment"

Hi all! A trivia grid for the weekend—good luck! (squares.io)

#194: Inertial Confinement

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Juff and joeadultman for testing.

#193: Own Goal

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to MP, Liari, Juff and Skald for the test.

#192: Hidden Jokes

Hi all! A slightly smaller 13x13 grid this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to Juff, Pixlate, MP and Liari for the test.

#191: Iron Bars

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid for you this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

OUTTAKE 20: General Knowledge 7 "Cowboy Music"

Hi all! Another test of your trivia skills—good luck! (squares.io) Thanks to MP for the test.

#190: Monetary Contribution

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to MP and Liari for the test :)

#189: Worthless Greenbacks

Hi all! A slightly smaller 13x13 grid for you all this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to MP and Liari for the test.

#188: Antique Land

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) With thanks to Juff, Pixlate and Rubix for the test solve.

#187: Monkey's Paw

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 cryptic for you all this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to MP, Liari, Juff, Skald and Rubix for the test solve.

#186: Diplomatic Immunity

Hi all! A 15x15 with an unusual gridshape this week, tested by Matt—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#185: Court Disaster

Hi all—what appears to be a slightly harder grid than usual this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses) Thanks to MP, Liari and Juff for the test.

#184: Fast Track

Hi all! A baby 11x11 grid this week; thanks to Juff and Skald for the test—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#183: Escape Blame

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#182: Speakeasy Music

Hi all! A normal 15x15 grid this week, except that all the clues are exactly five words long. Thanks to Potoroo, Juff, Skald, Brad and Agnijo for the testing, and for the warning that this grid may be slightly trickier than my usual fare—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#181: Buy Time

Hi all! A baby grid this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#180: Spare Change

Hi all! Something a bit tricky this week, a grid in the style of the Times Monthly Club (that is, with gnarlier fill than I'd usually opt for). With many thanks to testers including Juff and the Potoroo duo, good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#179: Secret Sauce

Hi all! A normal 15x15 for you all today, though I'm told some of the fill may be a little tricky—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#178: Inside Job

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid for you all today—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#177: Buffoonish Smugglers

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid this week, graciously tested by the setting duo Potoroo—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

OUTTAKE 19: General Knowledge 6 "Garden Rocket"

Hi all! Another test of your trivia skills—good luck! (squares.io)

#176: Blackout Poetry

Hi all! An A-Z jigsaw this week, which as such will likely be better solved on squares.io—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#175: Shot in the Dark

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#174: Rabble Rousing

Hi all! A baby grid this week while I'm at my parents' for Easter—see if you can spot what connects the four 11s! (squares.io, parses)

#173: Mother Goose

Hi all! Apologies for the delayed release; I've been abroad for the last few days and aeroplanes aren't perfectly conducive to setting. This week's grid has a minor theme linking eleven of the answers, so see if you can spot it—good luck! 👵🦆 (squares.io, parses)

#172: Smoke and Mirrors

Hi all! A slightly smaller 13x13 grid this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#171: Ad Infinitum

Hi everyone—an ordinary 15x15 that may be somewhat more challenging than usual—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#170: Free Swimming

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 for you all this week—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#169: Devil's Work

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid I clued as I gridded, unusually—good luck! (squares.io, parses)

#168: Too Many Cooks

Hi all! A baby grid for you this week with some eclectic fill—good luck! 🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳 (squares.io, parses)

#167: Spider Orchid

Hi all! With a little clue help from many people, including the inestimable MP and Juff, an ordinary 15x15 this week—good luck! 🕷️🌼 (squares.io, parses)

#166: Half Baked

Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid this week for you all—good luck! 2️⃣🥔 (squares.io, parses)

#165: Quixotic Smorgasbord

Hi all! An ordinary grid for you all this week—good luck! 🏇😋 (squares.io, parses)

#164: Main Characters

Hi all! A 15x15 with rather tricky fill, but it's for a (hopefully) good cause—best of luck! 🥇🦸 (squares.io, parses)

#163: Battered Fish

Hi all! A baby-sized grid that may nonetheless be quite challenging this week—good luck! 🔋🐟 (squares.io, parses)

#162: Diminished Fifth

Hi all! Just a normal grid where every clue happens to have exactly five words—good luck! 😈5️⃣ (squares.io; parses)

#161: Cold War Chaos

Hi all! As we haven't had one in a while, here's an A-Z jigsaw—good luck! 🕵️ 🤡 (squares.io; parses)

#160: Clear Cut

Hi all, and Happy New Year! Hoping to start the year off pleasantly with a nice standard grid—good luck! 🔍🗡️ (squares.io; parsed answers)