Independent

Bluth has provided our cruciverbal entertainment this Wednesday. As always with Bluth puzzles, I found this to be very challenging and highly entertaining. I have struggled to parse a good few of the … Read more >>

Filbert is one of the most prolific setters of Independent puzzles at the moment and today we have another of his challenging puzzles       I always find Filbert’s puzzles difficult and … Read more >>

Hoskins has the Sunday Independent puzzle for us, with the usual helping of ribaldry. Drugs and alcohol, as ever, but the addition this week of a collection of slang words for the membrum … Read more >>

Phi’s back to Phiday this week – normal order restored…..   …except that we have not been able to include the completed grid as we usually do, possibly due to an update to … Read more >>

Grecian has provided this Thursday’s cruciverbal workout, and a workout indeed it was, at least for me. I really enjoyed grappling with this puzzle, which was positively teeming with flair and ingenuity. I … Read more >>

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 >>

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 >>