Independent

Gosh that was hard. Usually with a clue, you know more or less where you stand: you just have to make an anagram of certain obvious letters, or jiggle about with the letters … Read more >>

It’s Eccles again today – we’re in for a fun solve! ….and we weren’t disappointed. As usual, some great surfaces and several big smiles. 17ac was a new word for us but with … Read more >>

Atrica, of whose work I have little experience to date, has provided us with a themed treat to delight us this Tuesday. My apologies for posting the blog so late. I found this … Read more >>

It’s nearly two years to the day since I last blogged a Gila puzzle. He (at least I think it’s a he) has produced a pleasing, Monday-style, nothing-to-frighten-the-horses cryptic here, with some thoughtfully … Read more >>

Oh Dear! No doubt you have come here to check the parsings of those clues you struggled with. Well, we have to apologise. It’s not often that we have such difficulty but if … Read more >>

Phi has as usual not let us down. There are some excellent clues here as always. I just don’t know how he can produce these things week after week. Definitions underlined, in teal. … Read more >>

The Thursday puzzle is from Serpent this week – we’re in for a challenge! An enjoyable challenge at that, as we have come to expect. We did however, have some quibbles with 6d … Read more >>

Tees is occupying this week’s Wednesday slot. I think that I am more used to encountering his work on other days of the week. I found this towards the easy end of the … Read more >>

Loglady is appearing quite regularly in the Independent weekday series.       This was a puzzle with a clear theme centred on CHILI PEPPER, the entry to the gateway clue at 5 … Read more >>

I don’t think I’ve blogged a Raich puzzle before. Pleased to meet you. A good level of difficulty for a Monday, though the days of the week are currently somewhat blurred into one … Read more >>

Another Pierre blog of another Tees puzzle. People will begin to talk. Tees is a precise and fair setter, so even when – as here – there are one or two less well-known … Read more >>

The puzzle can be found here.   Hello everyone.  I hope you and your loved ones are well.  I found this very much on the gentle side for Hob, but beautifully clued – … Read more >>

Phi day again!       As usual we started out looking at the clue for 1ac  – and were stumped. However, once we worked our way into the grid, we realised that … Read more >>

Monk has supplied this week’s Thursday puzzle. It is indeed a long time since it has fallen to me to blog one of his teasers. I never ever seem to race through a … Read more >>