Independent

As tradition dictates, Phi is bringing another suite of mid-week puzzles to an end. In what was for me a medium-difficulty puzzle, he has managed to produce a grid which abounds with letter … Read more >>

I blogged a Rodriguez puzzle fairly recently but I’m quite happy to blog another one.       Rodriguez’ makes you think, as the definition is not always straightforward.  I like clues where … Read more >>

The puzzle is available here.   Hello everyone.  Today we welcome another new setter* to the Indy, Sheena, who has brought us a themed offering with a generous sprinkling of interlinked clues. *Edit … Read more >>

As usual, the Friday puzzle is set by Phi.       There are a few culinary entries in the grid – VIAND, CAFE, GASTROPUB and CUISINE for example, but I don’t think … Read more >>

Wire has set today’s puzzle on that day of the week when we are all expecting a theme. There are traces of this extra-terrestrial, paranormal and space-travel theme dotted through the clues and … Read more >>

On checking, I find that this is only Angel’s second puzzle in the Indy, having made his/her debut just before Christmas last year. Tractable, with some succinct and precise cluing would be my … Read more >>

The puzzle is available here.   Hi all.  Tees is reliably entertaining, and so it was no surprise to me that I was entertained today.  I particularly liked 16a (TABOO) for its surface … Read more >>

This was a puzzle I had to pick away at a bit at a time. I never seemed to get a grip on it during the solve.  The few answers I got on … Read more >>