Independent

Phi’s puzzle takes us nicely into the Bank Holiday weekend. I found this to be an enjoyable medium-difficulty puzzle through which I made steady progress. I think that I have parsed everything to … Read more >>

Klingsor is one of the less frequent setters  in the Independent daily series.  I blogged his last puzzle in June where I see I commented on his penchant for classical musical references     … Read more >>

Tees is very much a regular in The Indy nowadays but usually appears on a Monday, so this is a rare meeting. And an enjoyable one. Definitions in fuchsia, underlined. Anagram indicators in … Read more >>

Wiglaf fills the Tuesday slot this week – we’re on the look-out for a theme …. but we needed a fair bit of electronic help to find it! Because 34ac is, in our … Read more >>

Quite a tricky puzzle today, but an enjoyable one. I think the trickiness comes mainly from some tenuous definitions (mentioned in the notes below), though the hardest bit was probably the rather indirect … Read more >>

A gentle puzzle, and an enjoyable one. Thank you Nitsy.   ACROSS 1 VERY Each head’s scratched fiercely (4) eVERY (each) with first letter (head) missing (scratched, deleted) 3 SPACE BAR Stretch bra … Read more >>

A puzzle from Morph – a guarantee of some fun. A quirky puzzle as I expected. 6ac had me in stitches from the off. Suspect it will lose a bit in the telling … Read more >>

Phi is in his usual Friday slot this week       It wasn’t until I nearly finished the blog and was writing up GROUCH when I realised that there were nearly five … Read more >>

It’s always a pleasure to solve a crossword by Serpent. As ever, difficult but quite obvious once you see the answer, which is just as it should be. Definitions in forestgreen, underlined (yes … Read more >>

Eccles fills the mid-week slot again this week – we’re in for some fun! Another great, accessible puzzle from Eccles this week, with the trademark smooth surfaces and occasional smiles. There was one … Read more >>

Crosophile has compiled this week’s Tuesday puzzle. As we all know, there tends to be something going on, some kind of theme, in the Tuesday puzzles – what will it be today, one … Read more >>

Some good fun-packed clues from Tees. 21 and 16 stood out for me as excellent. ACROSS 9/10 GARDENING LEAVE Cruelly avenging leader in suspension from job (9,5)   (Avenging leader)* 11 DROVE Resistance … Read more >>

The puzzle can be found here.   Hi everyone, I hope all is well with you.  Thanks to Hypnos for today entertainment.  My favourite clues were those for CODE (1a) and ODIN (31a).  … Read more >>

As I’m used to saying, a thoroughly efficient and workmanlike crossword from Phi. In one or two cases there are marginal criticisms and in one place the parsing defeats me, but hell, we … Read more >>