Independent

Phi is in his usual place in the Indie roster this week       I think this is just a straightforward crossword without a theme, but I’m never sure with Phi’s talent … Read more >>

Italicus, a compiler whose work it has rarely fallen to me to blog, has provided this week’s Tuesday – aka theme day – puzzle. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle overall, … Read more >>

It’s eighteen months since Lark made his debut in the Independent, and he has been a regular if infrequent setter of mainly Sunday puzzles since then. But this is the first time our … Read more >>

Eccles is occupying the Wednesday compiling slot this week. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, although I got off to a pretty slow start. Solving some of the longer perimeter entries … Read more >>

Grecian’s monthly puzzle appears today.       There is a clear BISCUIT or COOKIE theme to this puzzle, with names of types of or brands distributed throughout the grid as complete or … Read more >>

As far as I can see, this is a debut from Bard, so welcome and congratulations. I have an opinion on this puzzle, but will leave it to others to comment first about … Read more >>

A varied mixture of clue difficulties in this offerring from Monk A simple clue at 1 across to get us going.  Not that it helped me properly get 2d where I thought the … Read more >>