Independent

A puzzle from Maize. A new setter for me to blog certainly. One to do over petit-dejeuner perhaps? Definitely a French theme today. Throughout the grid, and in the clues are a variety … Read more >>

Eccles has provided our dose of cruciverbal entertainment this Wednesday. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, just right for the mid-week slot. I noticed that there was something going on around … Read more >>

Radian is a setter who appears frequently in the Independent series ands his puzzles are always entertaining       There is a clear theme today with many entries referring to food, methods … Read more >>

A challenging in places puzzle from Gila to start the week.   Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition cad  clue as definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x]  letter(s) removed definitions … Read more >>

Always a pleasure to solve and blog a Knut puzzle. A wide range of interesting references, with some politicians (natch), the natural world, some bands, authors, directors and actors. All life is here. … Read more >>

Tees has provide some intellectual gymnastics for us all this Thursday. I found this to be at the difficult end of the Indy spectrum, and I solved only one clue (26) when I … Read more >>

It’s Hoskins this Wednesday.  Regular solvers will know what to expect from Hoskins and he delivers his usual signature stuff.       I may be missing something about the clue for STONEHENGE … Read more >>

Thank you to Bluth. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Prepares last portions of chips and fish with mushy peas (6) SHAPES : Last letters, respectively, of(last portions of) [“chips” and … Read more >>