Independent

Bluebird has come round on my Saturday blogging day again and I know what that means:
There will be a well hidden theme …

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It’s a normal Friday for Independent solvers with a puzzle from Phi.

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Tack appears a few times a year in the Independent, but hasn’t landed in my blogging rota slot until now. The original puzzle is at https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent/?puzzleDate=20260910.

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Oh no! It’s Nimrod on a Wednesday!

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Coot has provided our Tuesday teaser today, on what is usually theme day.

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My apologies for the extreme lateness of this blog

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The puzzle is available to solve online or download here.

Hi all.  Filbert has gifted me a big laugh today: at 10a, my standout favourite clue.

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Phiday fun as usual. The original puzzle is at https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent/?puzzleDate=20260904.

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The original puzzle may be found here.

Bluejacket provides the cruciverbial challenge today.

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Samsa has produced our mid-week puzzle today. I have not encountered this compiler’s work before, and he appears to have just one previous Indy crossword blogged on this site.

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Stamp challenges us today.

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The original puzzle may be found here.

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Another beautifully constructed puzzle from Filbert. I am a big fan of scribble paper when solving, because I often need to see things written down to work them out. My recycling bin is always that bit fuller after I’ve wrestled a Filbert offering into submission.

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A grid by Methuselah this morning.

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