Independent

Rodriguez’s latest puzzle has been provided for our cruciverbal pleasure this Thursday. I actually found this quite challenging and had to work hard to finish the NE and SE quadrants. The fact that … Read more >>

It’s Wednesday so we have a puzzle from Eccles in the Independent daily series.       There were good anagrams for the two longest entries, DISCOURAGEMENT and AS NEAR AS DAMN IT. … Read more >>

Thank you to Filbert (a Sunday hat trick for him). Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Prayer provided illumination for some (6) LITANY : LIT(provided illumination/shone light on) plus(for) ANY(some/an unquantified … Read more >>

Phi has provided our last mid-week puzzle of this week, so no surprises there. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle through which I made steady progress. I think I am happy … Read more >>

We have a puzzle from Amoeba today, the second Independent one, although there have also been some Amoeba puzzles presented at the annual Sloggers and Betters meetings in York.       The … Read more >>

Harry Hoskins has the Monday Indy puzzle for us. Sound and slightly smutty would be my executive summary. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = … Read more >>

Apologies for the delay. Completely forgot. Early November brings a late blog of a puzzle from Bluebird No theme that I can observe. Favourite clue has to be 1dn for the misdirection with … Read more >>

It’s Friday so, unsurprisingly we have an Independent puzzle from Phi.       I struggled a bit with the intended definition for TOSSPOT (1 across).  Is the clue an &Lit or is … Read more >>