Never knowingly undersolved
Every second Wednesday, Eccles comes along with an Independent cryptic puzzle to challenge us. There was good mix of vocabulary in today’s puzzle. I had LAMPOONING in at 9 across … Read more >>
Vigo provides our Tuesday entertainment this week.
Filbert on two consecutive days in the daily Independent. Not illegal, but certainly uncommon. A fine puzzle, which I enjoyed teasing out and finally completing. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
Thank you to Tees. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Groovy district in an English county? (7) RUTLAND : RUT-LAND(how you might describe a district/a region that has ruts/grooves in it). … Read more >>
The Olympics begin and Filbert supplies us with a non-Olympian sport – well for now anyway. Not sure how crossword solving would ever enter the Olympics but you never know. Great clues from … Read more >>
Stamp has provided today’s puzzle, displacing Phi from the Friday slot, to mark an important date in the sporting calendar: the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games this evening. Stamp has … Read more >>
I think this is Tack’s second Independent crossword after a Sunday puzzle in May this year. After the gentle music of Ronald Binge yesterday, we have a completely different genre … Read more >>
Kairos usually appears in the Independent a few times a year (often on Sundays), but this is the first time I’ve met him in my blog slot.
Phi on a Tuesday!!? What is the world coming to?
Crosophile returns for the first time since January
So it’s Wire today
Today’s grid is supplied by Punk.
Phi is in his usual place in the Independent crossword week with a Friday puzzle. Phi often has themes in his puzzles, but today I can only see a couple … Read more >>
Methuselah is a fairly regular setter in the Independent, but this is only the third time I’ve found him in my blog slot.
Eccles on a Wednesday when we are blogging so no complaints from us.