Independent

Phi is well known for crosswords with themes … … but I cannot see one here. When I got Karelia and Korngold I thought there might be other twentieth century classical music references … Read more >>

Serpent has provided the last of this latest set of mid-week puzzles, occupying the slot normally occupied by Phi. Phi’s displacement from his Friday home got me thinking that Serpent may have provided … Read more >>

I find Wiglaf one of the more difficult setters in the Independent stable       Today’s puzzle was another that fell into the tricky character for me.  Wiglaf’s cryptic definitions are quite … Read more >>

It’s been six months since we last had the pleasure of blogging a Radian puzzle, and it was worth the wait.   We were quite well into the puzzle before we tumbled to … Read more >>

Nimrod – so an easy puzzle is highly unlikely! Clever clue-ing as always, as to whether some of it is too clever, it is difficult to say. I feel confident I’ve parsed all … Read more >>

A good way to end the week; spend time solving a Phi Indie puzzle       There’s a famous man named down the central column.  He died 499 years and 2 days … Read more >>

It took us a while to complete the puzzle but when we had finished, we wondered why we had had any problems. Apart form a couple of clues which we were not that … Read more >>

Hob has provided this puzzle, aptly published on the first day of this new month. I thoroughly enjoyed this crossword, which has a lot going on it, with the main theme explained below … Read more >>

Punk? On a Sunday? Not that I’m complaining, but a scroll through the archives suggests that if this has ever happened at all, it hasn’t for a good few years. I don’t see … Read more >>