Independent

Phi has set the Tuesday puzzle this week, so he is not occupying his usual Friday slot for once. Of course, since today is theme day, there had to be a reason for … Read more >>

It’s now October – beware of the snake. I do enjoy Serpent’s puzzles – great surfaces and slightly odd cryptic directions. And of course a hidden message WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS … Read more >>

Eccles is occupying his usual mid-week slot this week. I found this to be an easy-to-medium difficulty puzzle by Indy standards, set on a grid that provides a lot of initial letters as … Read more >>

Hippogryph is an Independent setter who has provided 4 or 5 puzzles a year since 2022.  His / her work appears in both the daily and the Sunday series.       There … Read more >>

I enjoyed solving and blogging this offering from Twin. Easier to solve than parse in a number of places, I would say. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition … Read more >>

The hard-working Filbert brings us this Sunday’s Independent offering. Filbert is very much the Indy regular these days. I always enjoy his/her puzzles: they can be devious and occasionally left-field, but they are … Read more >>

Mog has set our cruciverbal challenge today, and what a challenge it turned out to be! I made incredibly slow progress through this puzzle and began to think that I wouldn’t be able … Read more >>

Eccles is a regular Independent setter, usually appearing on a Wednesday every two weeks.       Eccles focuses on good clues and rarely, if ever, includes a theme in his puzzles.  He … Read more >>