Independent

Eccles is in the Wednesday slot this week, where we are accustomed to seeing him. I found this to be a highly enjoyable medium-difficulty puzzle, with fair, crisp wordplay throughout. Eccles did have … Read more >>

Hippogryph challenges us today       There are a few references in the clues and in the grid to the sitcom ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE [27 across /23 down /4 down] … Read more >>

Tough. Very tough. So tough that I had to cheat to get the last solution. Now you’re all going to tell me it was a breeze. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>

Vigo is occupying the Thursday slot this week, using a grid that accommodates as many as eight 4-letter entries. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle on the Indy scale. In the … Read more >>

Today’s puzzle is set by Atrica, a setter that I don’t think I have blogged very often         This is my second ‘Day’ theme in two weeks as I blogged … Read more >>

Liari’s second puzzle for the Indy, and one that I found quite tough to finally crack. This wasn’t helped by the rather solver-unfriendly grid, but it turns out that this was required for … Read more >>

Thank you to Filbert. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. This man’s covered with paint at work (8) THESPIAN : HE’S(“man’s”, using the third person masculine pronoun) contained in(covered with) anagram … Read more >>

Some interesting wordplay in this puzzle. I particularly appreciated use of the ellipsis as a part of a cryptic definition itself in 9A, and the “undressing” of AGENT twice in 18D which had … Read more >>

Phi has once again supplied the Friday puzzle – no surprises there! I found this to be of medium difficulty overall and made steady progress throughout. In the end, I was left with … Read more >>

I haven’t blogged a Hoskins puzzle for a while, so it’s good to get another chance today.       There were quite a lot of people referenced in the clues and in … Read more >>