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Tuesday in the Independent is usually an interesting day and today is no exception. I blogged the previous two Tuesday puzzles as a stand-in and found music themes – Jeff Beck … Read more >>
Atrica is a regular but infrequent contributor of Indy puzzles. I enjoyed this one: it was all fairly clued, but there were some chewy bits to hold you up in places. Abbreviations cd … Read more >>
Hoskins is becoming a regular in the Indy Sunday slot. 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 >>
The middle of February and Monk provides some intellectual amusement. I can’t recall how long I have been doing puzzles from Monk but it has been many years. I still enjoy it when … Read more >>
Standing in for BertandJoyce while they’re enjoying a holiday.
Methuselah has supplied this week’s Thursday challenge, which has proved quite challenging, at least for me. I am fairly sure that I have completed the grid correctly, but I am not sure of … Read more >>
Eccles makes his fortnightly Wednesday appearance today. Eccles rarely, if ever, has a message or a theme in his puzzles. He just presents well crafted clues with the odd quirk … Read more >>
Alchemi is the setter of the Independent Tuesday puzzle last week. As it is Tuesday, it must be theme day. It’s also Valentine’s Day but that might be too obvious a … Read more >>
Monday and regular setter Filbert once more to strike fear into the heart of unwary bloggers
Thank you to Hippogryph. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8/9. So, these tenors transformed Madchester band (3,5,5) THE STONE ROSES : Anagram of(… transformed) SO, THESE TENORS. 10. Fundamentally, rock and … Read more >>
Good morning solvers. Firstly, a big thank you to mc_rapper67 for passing on his Saturday Indy slot to me. It’s a very big pair of metaphorical shoes to fill.
Thanks to Bluth for this lovely puzzle. Typically for them there’s a few quite oblique cryptic references to navigate, and one that I still can’t convincingly parse. Overall though, there was enough to make it a challenge, but still pleasant enough for a bleary-eyed Saturday morning.
Definition (surface) words are underlined in the clues.
Phi has provided the last in this week’s string of mid-week puzzles. I found this to be towards the harder end of the Indy spectrum, and although I think that I have successfully … Read more >>
Rodriguez provides the challenge today. Rodriguez is a setter I have found quite difficult in the past, but this puzzle seemed to sit towards the gentler end of the spectrum. … Read more >>
Filbert provides our challenge today.
Tuesday is one of the days in the Independent where you never know who the setter will be. This week it is one of the most prolific setters, Tees However, … Read more >>