Independent

Bluebird is filling the Wednesday slot this week, a compiler whose Indy work I have little experience of solving and blogging. There was a lot to enjoy in this puzzle, as I peeled … Read more >>

Puzzles set by Italicus have appeared a few times over the past three or four years but he/she is not one of the regular setters.       There was a clear nautical … Read more >>

Kairos is most often seen in the Independent on Sunday crossword slot, and I always enjoy his puzzles here. This one took a bit of finishing off, and there were one or two … Read more >>

Serpent has been providing puzzles for the Indy for many years and they appear on a Saturday about half the time.  I am on a blogging schedule to cover the Saturday puzzle every … Read more >>

Knut has provided this Thursday’s cruciverbal challenge, compiled on a grid that accommodates four 15-letter entries and two 13-letter entries. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, my solving of which was … Read more >>

Eccles appears as a setter in the Independent every two weeks on a Wednesday       Eccles has a reputation for excellent clues with smooth surfaces, as was the case today. I … Read more >>

I still think of Wire as one of the ‘new’ Indy setters, but in fact he made his debut nearly four years ago now. I really liked this offering from him – a … Read more >>

Thank you to Tees. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Pound succeeded Dickensian character, female, past prime (9) SHEEPFOLD : S(abbrev. for “succeeded”) + HEEP(Uriah, character in Charles Dickens’ novel “David … Read more >>

My first blog of  puzzle from Bluth. Should be fun. A setter I have admired for other reasons for many years. Very admirable indeed. Some very ingenious devices in play, as has become … Read more >>

Phi has brought the latest suite of mid-week puzzles to an end in customary fashion. I found this grid to be an interesting one, with lots of 4-letter entries and scope for a … Read more >>

In the fifteensquared archive I can only find two previous puzzles set by Quince, so he/she is still a fairly new setter.       The two previous puzzles attracted quite a lot … Read more >>