Independent

Rather unusually Hob is occupying the Friday slot this week, not Phi. But there is a good reason for what at first seems like a scheduling hiccup. Today is the 200th anniversary of … Read more >>

Maize provides the Thursday challenge.       There is a very clear theme in the entries today – indeed it would almost be easier to list the entries that don’t form part … Read more >>

It’s been a while since I’ve known in advance that I am going to be blogging a daily cryptic, so this makes a change from a last minute rush to cover for someone … Read more >>

It’s Tuesday – theme day – and a Knut to blog – what more could we ask for? Answer – nothing! A really enjoyable solve with a theme that revealed itself gently as … Read more >>

We had the pleasure of solving Tees’ two hundredth Indy puzzle in a Monday slot before New Year, but today we have only the third of Atrica’s offerings, so a setter at the … Read more >>

Straightforward, but not easy. Thank you Hypnos. ACROSS 1 GURU Expert tip for learning language in Asia, not Germany (4) learninG (tip for, last letter of) then URdU (language in Asia) missing D … Read more >>

An enjoyable Saturday solve from Klingsor today. The SE corner held us up for a bit but once we had solved the clues, we wondered why we’d had a problem. Our favourite clue … Read more >>

Last week I blogged a puzzle by Skinny, a newbie in the daily Independent team of setters.  This week I am facing an old stager in Phi.       Phi often has … Read more >>

A pleasant crossword from Knut today. I shall say no more because if I do the casual viewer of the top of this post may be alerted. Definitions in dark orchid, underlined. Anagram … Read more >>

A TEES puzzle today to tease our senses. There were three idioms within the final grid today, two of which contained long anagrams which we enjoyed ‘teesing’ out. We had to check one … Read more >>

Filbert has provided today’s cruciverbal teaser, and since it is Tuesday, there has to be a theme of sorts, and today it is immediately identified at 32. I found this to be a … Read more >>

A nice straightforward puzzle for the first Monday of the new year. My fellow bloggers have commented before that Vigo’s puzzles are good examples for beginners who want to learn how this cryptic … Read more >>

The puzzle can be found here. Hi all.  A bit of an education for me today although not one which detained me past morning break.  I needed to unscramble a few unknown words … Read more >>

The puzzle can be found here. Hello and Happy New Year.  I hope you enjoyed the festive period whether or not you spent it in festive fashion (I did and didn’t, respectively) and … Read more >>

When one has solved a Phi clue the answer is so obvious that one wonders where the difficulty lay. Yet there was difficulty, to be sure. Perhaps it’s because, as Carol Vorderman used … Read more >>