Independent

Tees appears about once a month in The Independent and his puzzles are always entertaining.       This puzzle had a good mix of clue types and required a good general knowledge … Read more >>

As Dac gives us week after week a well-nigh perfect crossword. I think it might have been said before, but the surfaces are repeatedly excellent — simple and pithy and creating a nice appropriate little … Read more >>

We enjoyed this themed puzzle from Scorpion today.     We didn’t find it too difficult but that may have been because we solved the gateway clue and 11 ac very quickly. It … Read more >>

One of the little pleasures in life is being a Monday Indy blogger and seeing who you’ll be up against when Quixote is enjoying a long weekend.  Today it’s Raich, who has given … Read more >>

The third Sunday Hypnos puzzle I’ve drawn in a row, which is no doubt far more tedious for Hypnos than it is for me. This one provided quite a stiff challenge, requiring two … Read more >>

What’s this? A compiler I’ve not seen before in the Prize slot. What’s that! Setting the Inquisitor on the same day! This is probably going to be a tough challenge. I got only … Read more >>

A good solid puzzle from Phi today with a number of clues that brought a smile as I solved them or understood more them about as I wrote the blog.       … Read more >>

This was tough. Without use of the ‘Reveal letter’ button and yes, I must admit, on one or two occasions the ‘Reveal’ button itself, I doubt whether I’d have finished. Even the straightforward … Read more >>

A bit of head-scratching today and not a nit in sight! There are still a few where we have the odd itch, but – we may be missing something. We hope that someone … Read more >>

It is Tuesday today, and the slot is occupied by Punk, whose puzzles always pack a punch, this one more than most! A quick scan of the clues shows that 26/4 is the … Read more >>

The usual friendly Monday crossword from Quixote. Not much to add really except for a comment by Quixote himself. Across 1 SENTENCE Part of a message maybe despatched from ‘ere (8)   SENT … Read more >>

Poins has become a bit of a regular in the IoS slot over the last couple of years, and I always look forward to solving and blogging his/her puzzles.  This was a value … Read more >>

A second consecutive duel with Klingsor. And fun as always. Another selection of varied-construct clues this week. 1ac and 10ac from the highly original set. 22ac – most likely has been done before but so … Read more >>

Phi goes on and on producing these very pleasant crosswords. At the moment there are some here I simply can’t understand, but let’s hope that by the time I’ve finished doing the blog … Read more >>

It’s Thursday so we expected a tricky solve……. There was some really good clueing which was not surprising, given that the setter was Nestor. However we were and still are, completely stumped by … Read more >>