Independent

Wiglaf has given us quite a workout this morning with his puzzle on an old but rarely used grid. I think that I have managed to solve and parse everything to my satisfaction, … Read more >>

Morning everyone A pleasant and straightforward offering from Knut today, with only a couple of visits to the online reference sources necessary to complete. Favourite was 17 across for the band reference, and I … Read more >>

Eccles has provided today’s mid-week challenge, and for me at least, it really was a challenge. I found this to be a fairly easy puzzle to start, but a very difficult one to … Read more >>

Crosophile is an Independent setter who has appeared a few times every year since 2011.  He also sets barred crosswords for the Inquisitor and Enigmatic Variations where fifteensquared first mentions him in 2007. … Read more >>

A delightful puzzle from Bluth, which I really enjoyed solving and blogging. Some great surface readings and a wide variety of subject matter to test solvers. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>

Another sound Sunday offering from Hoskins, who is becoming a regular in the IoS slot. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] … Read more >>

Mev has provided today’s teaser to keep the old brain ticking over on this cold winter’s day. I found this to be towards the hard end of the Indy spectrum in terms of … Read more >>

Wednesday is usually a theme free day in the Independent cryptic series where we get excellent crosswords focused on the clues and the entries.       Filbert continues the Wednesday tradition with … Read more >>