Never knowingly undersolved
Eccles has been appearing every Wednesday for the past four weeks rather than the fortnightly sequence he used to follow. This was a typical Eccles puzzle, free from themes and … Read more >>
Atrica provides today’s challenge.
Coot has the puzzle to start off the Independent crosswording week. All pretty tractable, but with some attractively quirky touches in places. Turns out they may be part of a ghost theme: it’s … Read more >>
Thank you to Filbert. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Charles spotting game for kids is easily cracked (6) CRISPY : CR(abbrev. for Charles Rex, King Charles) + [I SPY](spotting game … Read more >>
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Phi is back in his usual Friday slot this week, which seems only right and proper. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle through which I made steady progress, being slowed down … Read more >>
We haven’t seen much of Wiglaf this year. This is only the fourth puzzle in 2024 from this setter. Some of Wiglaf’s previous puzzles have included themes, but if there … Read more >>
Wednesday fun from Eccles.
This is Tack’s third puzzle in the Indy. His two other crosswords were themed – the last one had an amazing grid fill of numerous bands although Duncan managed to find a couple which Tack had never heard of. We’d enjoyed his two other puzzles so were looking forward to solving this one.
Umpire back again, as he seems to be quarterly or so
Salty’s third outing this Sunday
Monk is often on the tough side. Or so I thought before tackling this.
It’s unusual to see a Hoskins’ crossword on a Friday in the Independent series of puzzles. It’s even more unusual to see Hoskins highlighting a serious subject in the grid … Read more >>
Filbert provides our regular mental exercise this morning.
Eccles returns to the midweek slot this week.