Independent

Thank you to Xestobium. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Rook eaten by animal, leaving front part of body (6) BREAST : R(abbrev. for “rook”, the chess piece) contained in(eaten by) … Read more >>

Q. What happens when a Phi crossword doesn’t appear on a Friday? A. You get a Phi crossword the next day instead. Also, the fact the yesterday’s Coot puzzle was so heavily themed … Read more >>

This appears to have been the first crossword by Coot in the Indy that has been blogged on 15, although I see that one was published in the IoS and blogged earlier this … Read more >>

Serpent is the Independent setter today.       Serpent often incorporates a message or theme into his puzzles.  Today we have a phrase in the unchecked letters in the perimeter of the … Read more >>

This seems to be Saladin’s second Independent puzzle. The first one went down well, and I enjoyed very much solving and blogging this one. The setter seems to set some store by meaningful … Read more >>

Bluth crosses my path again. He is more than welcome to. This one did feel slightly more straight forward that normal – or maybe I was just on the right wavelength. But there … Read more >>

As usual, we have a puzzle from Phi on a Friday.       There is a clear theme throughout the puzzle.  In fact it is spelled out in the top row – … Read more >>

Atrica has provided today’s puzzle. I have not had that much experience of solving and blogging work by this setter. I found this to be towards hard end of the Indy difficulty spectrum. … Read more >>