Independent

Filbert is occupying the first Tuesday slot of 2024, with a puzzle that has provided me with a lot to get my teeth into. Tuesday is theme day, and many of the clues … Read more >>

Happy New Year! There, that’s my one exclamation mark for 2024 out of the way, so we’ll move on to a blog of a delightful puzzle from Twin. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>

Last Saturday of the year and time for Rodriguez to set a puzzle. And quite a tricky one it was. Some tricky clues to resolve, but at this time of year, very welcome … Read more >>

Eccles has provided our first regular puzzle following the Christmas bank holiday with its cornucopia of festive crosswords. And if you have somewhat lost your bearings over the last few days owing to … Read more >>

Boxing Day’s puzzle has been set by Grecian.       We have a strong Christmas theme today with the title and characters from one of Charles Dickens’ most popular book.  The characters … Read more >>

Another thoughtfully constructed puzzle from Filbert. Which is what you always get from this setter. Is there a theme? It being the night before Christmas, I suppose you could count TRUE LOVE, MATTHEW … Read more >>

Bluth has set today’s cruciverbal challenge, on a more unusual grid that accommodates a wide variety of word lengths. The fact that the solutions to the perimeter clues are divided between two grid … Read more >>

Umpire is a fairly new setter in the Independent stable, with a few puzzles appearing in the past 12 months.       I found this quite difficult, but very fair.  The only … Read more >>