Independent

I usually blog an Eccles puzzle once a month and today is the day for November.       There are many excellent clues in puzzles by Eccles such that it is often … Read more >>

Thank you to Lark. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 5. Rabbi’s love for one prepared to learn (6) ABSORB : Anagram of(… prepared) [ “Rabbi’s” with O(letter representing 0/”love” in tennis … Read more >>

Phi is occupying his usually Friday slot this week. This was towards the easier end of the Phi spectrum for me, and I made steady progress throughout. The entries with which I wasn’t … Read more >>

Methuselah is a setter who first appeared in the Independent puzzle series in Spring 2021 with several puzzles following at monthly to six week intervals since then.       This was a … Read more >>

The last Saturday Indy I blogged was by Tees, and the setter and blogger rotas are coinciding so here he is again. I’m not sorry.  There’s often something a little quirky in a … Read more >>

Phi gives us a good mix of entries today, most of which are well known.       I liked the long anagram with the simple definition ‘now’.  Given my age, I was … Read more >>