Independent

Eccles has filled the mid-week slot with his latest creation today. I found this to be a middle-difficulty puzzle, with a good measure of (toilet) humour and high entertainment value. I think that … Read more >>

Hoskins fills the Tuesday Independent cryptic slot this week.       This being theme day, I looked first of all for albums by PRINCE in the grid but had no success.  A … Read more >>

I particularly enjoyed this offering from Tees.  But then I would, wouldn’t I? I have a namecheck in 3dn, a reference to a French author who I’m moderately familiar with in 22ac, and … Read more >>

Wiglaf has provided today’s cruciverbal entertainment. It is a long time since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by this compiler. I would definitely put this towards the harder end … Read more >>

Rodriguez is a setter who appears fairly often these day.       Rodriguez is one of many Independent setters, a number of whom can be seen in all of the fourteen across … Read more >>

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 >>