Independent

The puzzle is available here.   Hi everybody.  I enjoyed this puzzle, most of which went in smoothly until at 5d I had a mental block and impatiently used a wildcard search. The … Read more >>

A puzzle from Mev – a new setter for me to blog, but ‘they’ have previous…… published crosswords Good fun I liked 14ac – though I suspect you have to be of an … Read more >>

The puzzle is available here.   Hello from hot and sunny Dorset, where I am enjoying a holiday with friends (cat Willow and his humans) by the sea.  Bertandjoyce are unavailable again, but … Read more >>

Brunel has set today’s puzzle for our delectation. I can see from 15² that Brunel is a relatively new compiler, and it is definitely the first time that I have solved and blogged … Read more >>

Methuselah is the setter on this week’s Tuesday puzzle       Tuesday is usually theme day in the Independent and there was a clear theme today which Methuselah has developed very well … Read more >>

An enjoyable and well-constructed puzzle from Gila to start us off on our Independent crossword journey this week. Either he was being trickier than normal, or I was being a bear of little brain … Read more >>

Many thanks to Hoskins for this Sunday’s puzzle. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined   Across … Read more >>

Bertandjoyce are unavailable to blog today so you have to put up with me for a second time this week.       This was a typical Phi puzzle with a good mix … Read more >>

Serpent is putting us through our cruciverbal paces this Thursday. I found this to be towards the difficult end of the Indy spectrum, not least in that there was quite a lot of … Read more >>

Eccles is a regular setter on alternate Wednesdays and I always enjoy his clues.       I made fairly steady progress through the puzzle. My favourite clue today was the splendid anagram … Read more >>