Independent

A bonus blog for me – covering for Bert & Joyce, who are no doubt on some well-earned R&R… An interesting and enjoyable challenge from Punk this week. No obvious theme or Nina … Read more >>

For the first time in three weeks I get to blog a puzzle without a classical or modern music theme.  This puzzle by Phi is simply a good example of what a national … Read more >>

When I saw who was the setter my fear was that I was going to have to bite my tongue and go along with some of Donk’s less Ximenean ways, but so far as … Read more >>

Bertandjoyce are away & without internet access; so I am subbing in this midweek spot. Dac, as usual, served up a varied potpourri of very fair clues. I particularly like his efforts to … Read more >>

My apologies for the late posting of this blog on today’s crossword by Tees. It is Tuesday today, and so a theme is to be expected. Unless I have missed something, today’s theme … Read more >>

I really enjoyed this Morph puzzle.  We keep bumping into one another on a Monday, but when a crossword is this good, I don’t mind in the least.  Plenty of  excellent surfaces, some … Read more >>

Crosophile has been a regular monthly contributor to the Wednesday slot in the Independent, but is this his first IoS puzzle?  It’s certainly the first time I’ve blogged him.  It was a good … Read more >>

This was a funny old puzzle. I raced through about 90% of it without blinking, then completely ground to a halt on the last handful. Even with a week to think about it … Read more >>

Phi continues to produce nice Friday crosswords. He is always a bit tricky to get started on, then once one is going it all falls into place fairly quickly. The sign of good … Read more >>

It’s Thursday and it’s Nestor so we expected to have our work cut out here. We weren’t disappointed! There were some devious clues here plus a few new words which needed checking. There … Read more >>

It is the last Wednesday in the month today, so I was expecting to find a puzzle by Crosophile this morning. Instead, it is Alchemi who has provided today’s offering, so there has … Read more >>

I suspect that this puzzle will be loved by some, but will receive mixed reviews from others.  It will all depend on your view of the theme.       I blogged the … Read more >>

Another Bank Holiday and it’s not raining, cold wind again today. As expected it’s Quixote in his every other week slot, relatively easy I felt with more cryptic defs than I would normally … Read more >>

This was just about the difficulty, perhaps a bit more, for an easygoing Sunday cryptic.  Thanks to Poins.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to … Read more >>

Always a pleasure to tackle a Monk puzzle, but I had particular trouble finishing the last few in this puzzle … … especially in the top left corner. 1A and the 1D linked … Read more >>