Independent

Alchemi has provided today’s puzzle, on the day of the week on which we expect to see a theme. We didn’t need to look hard for this particular theme, since a quick perusal … Read more >>

The puzzle is available here.   Hello everyone.  I hope you are managing to stay sufficiently cool.  Hoskins is here providing plenty of refreshment, though 1a and 24d surround it all with some … Read more >>

Crosophile has provided this Wednesday’s cruciverbal challenge. I made relatively swift progress through this medium-difficulty puzzle. I did, however, come to a standstill with two clues left unsolved: 19, which was staring me … Read more >>

Tuesday’s setter is Hippogryph.  As far as I can see from the fifteensquared search facility, this is Hippogryph’s first foray into weekday Independent setting.  There is one Independent on Sunday puzzle by Hippogryph … Read more >>

A delightful Sunday puzzle from Italicus that slowly revealed its secret. The secret being that the crossword has a ghost theme of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and subsequent novels, by Douglas … Read more >>

Serpent’s latest puzzle awaited us this morning, set on a grid made up of short- and medium-length entries. I found this to be a medium-to-hard puzzle in terms of difficulty. When I had … Read more >>

It’s Wednesday, which is often a day for an Eccles puzzle     It took me a long time to work out the parsing for REEBOK at 11 across.  It was only when … Read more >>