Independent

Rodriguez’s latest puzzle provides us with our daily cruciverbal challenge today. I found this to be quite a challenging and thoroughly enjoyable puzzle. I think that I have managed to solve and parse … Read more >>

We have an Eccles puzzle today in the Independent today.       Eccles provides us with his usual assortment of deceptively simple clues.  I particularly liked the clue for BEHAVED (25 across) … Read more >>

Thank you to Shabbo.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. A few good-looking bananas dropped off (4) SOME : “handsome”(good-looking/physically attractive) minus(… dropped off) “hand”(a bundle or cluster of bananas). 3. … Read more >>

You learn something new every day and you certainly do if you tackle Tees’s puzzles. Solving started at pace:  8A SEA WALL seemed very obvious, then 1D ASTEROID looked like a well known … Read more >>

Friday is Phiday and thus brings us his latest crossword to solve. I found this to be a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle overall, one that I had to chip away at after writing in … Read more >>

Puzzles by Methuselah are appearing more frequently in the Independent weekday series and they offer entertaining challenges.      Methuselah doesn’t take definitions straight from the dictionary so solvers have to engage in … Read more >>

Hoskins starts the Indy week for us. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined Across 1 Restive … Read more >>

Punk provides the entertainment this Saturday and brings some anarchic fun. Punk’s clueing always feels slightly different than the majority of setters – I mean that in a good way. Short punchy clues … Read more >>

The Independent puzzle today is set by the usual Friday setter, Phi       It was good to see a quadruple definition today with BAR at 5 down.  I wonder what the … Read more >>