Never knowingly undersolved
It’s Serpent, so there’s a theme to be spotted. But I haven’t been able to fathom it.
There always seems to be theme in a Saturday Serpent, though I haven’t looked back to check. Of course I didn’t remember that there might be a theme, or stumble over it, till after I finished, indeed when I was looking at the completed grid thinking about writing this blog.
As usual, it is a Phi puzzle on a Friday Phi can often include a theme or message in his grids, but I don’t think there is one here today. … Read more >>
A slightly tricky challenge from Tees today.
Umpire is a fairly new addition to the Indy setting team – this is our first blog of an Umpire puzzle.
Kairos has provided today’s medium-difficulty puzzle, on what is traditionally theme day. This puzzle has been compiled on a grid that accommodates a very large number of clues, many of which give short … Read more >>
A very enjoyable and tricky puzzle.
The puzzle is available here.
With a traditional British summer in full swing Bluth inerrupts the wind and the rain. A great pleasure as always. Some novel constructs which I have come to expect from Bluth – all … Read more >>
Phiday fun and games again.
Another new Indy setter for us today – welcome Salty!
Filbert is occupying this week’s Wednesday slot, which I am not that used to finding him in. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, pitched at the right level for a mid-week … Read more >>
Puzzles by Grecian tend to appear once a month in the Independent series at the moment. I note that I have blogged the last three Grecian puzzles in May, June … Read more >>
Hippogryph is a regular but not particularly frequent setter of Indy puzzles. This is the first time one of his offerings has come up on my watch, and I enjoyed solving and blogging … Read more >>
Those that like Hoskins’ puzzles to be filled with drink and drug references won’t be disappointed by this one. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>
Saturday’s Indy puzzle is set by Tees