Independent

Tees has provided this week’s mid-week puzzle, the second of his puzzles that I have blogged in less than week. I thoroughly enjoyed this crossword, although I needed to cheat to complete it: … Read more >>

A puzzle from Wiglaf today.     Tuesday is usually theme day in the Independent series, but I can’t see anything in the grid that fits the bill.  Perhaps Eimi’s puzzle yesterday hijacked … Read more >>

Chewy, occasionally very chewy.     Although it was one of those where when I came to write up the blog I wondered why I had found it so tricky. Solving crosswords is … Read more >>

This puzzle kept me pretty busy. The solve was quite hard.  I was happy to get 1A immediately, and about half the answers in place over about half hour.  But the rest took … Read more >>

Tees’ latest puzzle has been set for our entertainment today. I found this puzzle to be towards the difficult end of the Indy spectrum and made rather slow progress through it. In the … Read more >>

As usual, Eccles gives us a master class in the art of smooth clues       If I didn’t have grandchildren, I don’t think I would have understood the reference to DORA … Read more >>

Thank you to Hoskins. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. A character seen on autumn break (4,5) FALL APART : [ A + PART(a character/a role in, say, a play) ] … Read more >>

The penultimate Saturday in November and another tussle with Serpent. This one seemed to take me longer than it should have, which is never a bad thing. Some excellent mis-directions are my excuse … Read more >>

Phi is occupying his usual end-of-week slot today. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, one through which I made steady progress. In the end, I needed to cheat to get 7, … Read more >>