Never knowingly undersolved
The puzzle can be found here. Salutations, solvers, and a splendid Serpentine Saturday to you all. Some of these I found stiff in the parsing, although the solutions slipped in more readily … Read more >>
Phi eases us into the weekend with a puzzle that has a varied mix of entries. With Phi’s puzzles, I often bang a few of the entries into Google as … Read more >>
I’ve blogged a puzzle by Loglady once before, in March of this year, when I was generally pretty favourable towards it. This puzzle has given me no reason to change my mind. There are plenty of very nice clues, including some clever &lits. Not at all easy, but most enjoyable.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
We’re back from our travels and are delighted to find that we have an Eccles to blog.
Vigo has provided our cruciverbal entertainment for this Tuesday. I found this to be an accessible and enjoyable puzzle, towards the easier end of the spectrum in terms of difficulty. I think that … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hi all. Unless I somehow catnapped through an entire puzzle, this is Skinny’s second appearance in the Indy. Far from being the “difficult second puzzle” I … Read more >>
A relatively easy puzzle for a Saturday. None the worse for that of course, with plenty to enjoy throughout the solid clues. There is a “Last Night of the Proms” theme with “Rule … Read more >>
These clues that refer to other ones are a bit annoying at first, because it means that certain clues are initially insoluble, but here it was so slight and so well done that it didn’t really matter. I found this to be a typically pleasant example of Phi’s oeuvre, back on Friday as has been customary after some wandering that I could never really explain.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
Hello! Today’s puzzle is brought to you by the setter Hob and the blogger Kitty. Whatever the season, sunny days are here in crosswordland. After a bright start I slowed considerably and was … Read more >>
Gila has provided today’s crossword in what is fast becoming his regular Wednesday slot. I enjoyed this puzzle very much, finding it at the right level for a mid-week solve. As I blogged … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Knut, with a mini-theme; a few slightly obscure references but they’re all clearly clued.
Italicus made his Indy debut a year ago and featured around once a month till the spring. This is the first sight of him since then, but he’s very welcome, because this was … Read more >>
Nitsy is an infrequent setter for the Independent on Sunday, but always offers us a puzzle in the traditional IoS style – accessible, clearly clued and with no real obscurities or unusual devices. … Read more >>
With autumn well and truly here, Monk is the setter today. Always a pleasure to encounter Monk – possibly at his more devious today, though maybe I’m just not as quick as I … Read more >>