Independent

Rorschach’s first puzzle was published in the Indy just over a year ago on July 5th and since then there have only been four others. Some of his offerings have been devilish to … Read more >>

It is Tuesday today and it falls to me to bog Hob’s latest puzzle, my second opportunity to do so in the last two months. I found this a quirky and thoroughly entertaining … Read more >>

Another sound as a pound Quixote Monday offering.  When I’m trying to persuade friends to get beyond the ‘Oh, I can’t do cryptics’ stage and have a go, I always recommend Quixote on … Read more >>

It’s the first time I’ve blogged a Commoner puzzle, although I think he has had a few published in the IoS before.  I really enjoyed this one: there was some quite complicated wordplay, … Read more >>

The rota has given me a second Bannsider Saturday Prize puzzle in a row and, while not quite as intractable as Indy 8345, it was another tough mental workout…as one might expect. No particular themes … Read more >>

An extraordinarily small crossword from Phi today — just 22 clues — no easier than usual, but just as good. There were some hardly-known words and plenty of recourse to the dictionary, but even this … Read more >>

We invariably approach the Thursday Indy crossword with some trepidation, given its reputation for being the trickiest of the week. However, we found today’s offering from Nestor less challenging than some, but it … Read more >>

It’s Wednesday today, so time for my weekly dose of Dac. I thought I was going to race through this one, and indeed I did speed through the first two thirds; the final … Read more >>

Kairos has set a number of Independent on Sunday crosswords, but I think this is his first appearance in the daily paper.       This puzzle took me back to my childhood with … Read more >>

Back after a week away for a firework competition in Plymouth, this is a personal milestone of my 100th blog. Not eXternal at his hardest I thought, but need a little help on … Read more >>

A bit more difficult than the usual Sunday offering, I thought.  Enjoyed solving it.  Thanks to Poins.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the … Read more >>

We were expecting a tricky solve for the Prize Puzzle when we saw that it was Monk. We’ve been blogging for well over a year now but this is only the second Monk … Read more >>

We sat for quite some while before we managed to solve the first clue, which happened to be 8d. We were becoming increasingly worried that we were never going to be able to … Read more >>

It was only a month ago that I had the pleasure of blogging a puzzle by Morph, so I was not expecting to get to blog another for quite some time. I found … Read more >>

Dac appears most Wednesdays in the Independent and produces a consistently high standard of good solid crosswords without themes or gimmicks.       Today’s puzzle covered a wide range of general knowledge … Read more >>