Independent

Carefully constructed clues with no loose ends. Thank you Kairos.   ACROSS 6 BEEFALO Look after worker with short fat animal (7) LO (look) follows (after) BEE (worker bee) with FAt (short) 7 … Read more >>

As the nights draw in and dawn comes after getting-up time, I have for my second blog in a row a puzzle by Hob Particularly liked 19ac, but the bands may not be … Read more >>

Phi gives us a good Friday puzzle that seems to me to be neither too easy or too difficult       There was one new word for me today.  I haven’t come … Read more >>

Quite a struggle for me today, and there are various answers that I don’t really understand. Many of the clues are very nice, but it looks to me that they call on knowledge … Read more >>

Another fun puzzle to start the day – we always know that we will have some great wordplay in an Eccles puzzle. Eccles seems to be have been given a regular Wednesday slot … Read more >>

Radian has compiled today’s puzzle for our stimulation and entertainment. It is Tuesday today, but I haven’t spotted a theme of any description and there appears to be no Nina, but I could … Read more >>

It’s the Tees and Pierre Monday matinee again, which is never a burden for me, since I always learn something from this setter’s puzzles. And close but no cigar for a bird link. … Read more >>

The puzzle can be found here.   Hi everyone.  Thanks to Nitsy for a puzzle which didn’t detain me unduly but entertained me greatly.  There were a couple of instances where I had … Read more >>

Another Ssss-aturday Indy blog, another Ssss-erpent……and to follow last time’s perimetral-pangram, we have another suspicious looking perimeter… As a genetic – if not geographically domiciled – Yorkshireman, I particularly enjoyed the Boycott-ian surface … Read more >>

As efficient a job as one always expects from Phi. Nearly all the answers can be explained simply in one expression, and where I’ve been longer it’s only really because I wanted to … Read more >>

We’ve enjoyed Loglady’s previous puzzles, several of which were in the Independent on Sunday, but we haven’t had the pleasure of blogging a Loglady puzzle before, so this was an interesting first for … Read more >>

I found this a challenging puzzle to occupy the mid-week slot, when in my experience a less taxing puzzle is often set. I think that I have managed to solve all the clues … Read more >>

Raich used to be a regular setter for the Independent series, but his offerings have been confined to Sundays recently.  His last daily crossword was published in December 2018       He … Read more >>

A tricky workout from Hoskins today. Some of this was straightforward, but there are a few rather obscure references, awkward constructions and slightly loose definitions; all gettable but needed a bit of fact-checking. … Read more >>

I blogged Skinny’s debut puzzle in the Indy in July and commented there that I hoped we’d bump into each other again. My wish has been granted, and I enjoyed solving and blogging … Read more >>