Independent

If you went looking for the Indy puzzle online this morning or tried to download it using a mobile app (as I did), you may well have found a Glowworm puzzle, or absolutely … Read more >>

My apologies if this blog is on the late side. Having done the crossword by about 1 am, I managed to wipe it by mistake and when I tried to get back into … Read more >>

Was expecting a smooth Dac and got a cracking Crosophile instead, not complaining though, good stuff. No obvious ninas or themes or pangrams today – this is not a bad thing. Some midnight … Read more >>

It’s Tuesday and I’m blogging a Scorpion puzzle, so it’s doubtless time for a thematic puzzle and/or a Nina. As thematic puzzles go, some reveal their themes more easily than others, and, I … Read more >>

Gentle, enjoyable Monday puzzle from Punk, a very skilled clue-writer indeed.    Found it quite easy and was esp impressed to get words that were unknown to me from the clear wordplay. Solving time, … Read more >>

You’ll have to put up with me twice today, I’m afraid, since as well as the Everyman, I’m doing my first IoS blog.  I won’t comment on the difficulty level, since I’m not … Read more >>

No fancy themes or ninas/Ninas from Bannsider this week (or, at least, none that I could see) – just an enjoyable mental work-out for a Saturday morning – and a bit of Saturday … Read more >>

As usual a very nice crossword from Phi. Nothing very controversial I think. With Z, J and V clearly visible I suspected a pangram, but I can’t see a Q or an X. Across 8 … Read more >>

Last time I got Tees he set a triple pangram, not this time but I found this to be a stern test in places, rather tricky indeed… Definitions underlined in clues, as ever … Read more >>

A recent blogger of a Dac puzzle defied any reader to pick fault with what he saw as a flawless set of clues, and I can only echo those sentiments in respect of … Read more >>

I think this is the first Crosophile puzzle I’ve blogged, and very enjoyable it was too. There’s a mini theme which I’m guessing coincides with yesterday being the 100 year anniversary of the … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism A strange grid without any longer answers. This was to accommodate the puzzle theme, which is the number 7 in celebration of having reached … Read more >>

Nothing too challenging this week, but a pleasant solve nonetheless. Across 1 REPUBLICAN Palin, perhaps, is traveller in a club abroad REP = traveller; *(in a club). Don’tcha just love her? Er, no. … Read more >>

I think this the first Mordred puzzle that I have blogged. I didn’t find it too difficult to solve but I am not sure that I have got all the parsing absolutely right. … Read more >>

It seems the epidemic of pangrams at the Independent seems to be calming down. No obvious theme here, ok Winter and Sum(m)er  songs appear. Not entirely convinced about  12d though. Across 1 CREATURE … Read more >>