Independent

Eccles has provided our mid-week entertainment today. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, just right for the time I have available to solve and blog on a Wednesday. That said, I … Read more >>

It’s Tuesday and it’s a puzzle with Crosophile as the setter.       Tuesday is theme day and Crosophile often includes a theme even when his puzzles don’t appear on a Tuesday.  … Read more >>

Hoskins has the Sunday Independent puzzle for us this weekend. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined … Read more >>

Thursday’s puzzle this week has been set by Methuselah, offering me as blogger my second opportunity to blog this setter’s work this year. This time, I think that I have teased out more … Read more >>

I always enjoy a Bluth puzzle, so today got off to a good start.       Bluth always makes you think with his well crafted clues and quite intricate wordplay. Some surfaces … Read more >>

Thank you to Tees. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9. Musical group disheartened about having cathartic effect (9) PURGATIVE : Reversal of(… about) [ EVITA(the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and … Read more >>