Never knowingly undersolved
Methuselah is a setter who first appeared in 2021. Puzzles from Methuselah have appeared every month or 6 weeks approximately since then Clearly we have a biblical theme today with … Read more >>
Umpire is a new compiler to me and I did wonder if it was a made up name for the duration of the US Open tennis, but I can see that there have already been puzzles by this compiler that have been blogged on the site.
A tractable puzzle from one of the Indy‘s most prolific setters, with as always a good range of reference material and carefully composed clues throughout. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad … Read more >>
It’s Joyce again – two days in a row. This time with a Tyrus so I’ll have my work cut out for me.
Bert is on the last leg of his Mont Blanc Circuit today. Apart from being tired, drenched on occasions, unable to complete one leg of the MBC due to snow (30 – 50cm at high level apparently) and with a few Compeed blister plasters (the first time he has ever needed them), he has survived. Problem was, would Joyce survive the Phi puzzle and blog today?
Was it because I was on my own solving the puzzle or was Phi more difficult today?
This is my second outing as a blogger with a puzzle by Quince, one of the Indy’s newer and less prolific setters. I have enjoyed this puzzle every bit as much as the … Read more >>
Puzzles from Wire are appearing about once a month in the Independent series at the moment and today we have the August one. Wednesday is usually a theme free day … Read more >>
I’ve been offered a piece of advice a number of times over the years, which has generally stood me in good stead:
“Never get on a ship until you know where it’s going”.
If I had to categorise this one, I would probably be looking for the tray labelled ‘hard’. Certainly not the usual Monday level of difficulty; but it’s all fair, so just a different … Read more >>
Thank you to Mog. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Bull given snip chasing male vet? (5) MEDIC : “edict”(bull/an official order issued by the Pope) minus its last letter(given snip) … Read more >>
The puzzle is available here.
Friday is Phi-day once again this week. I found this to be a medium difficulty puzzle by Phi and Indy standards. I made steady progress before needing to cheat to get 16D, which … Read more >>
A puzzle from Rodriguez today, a setter who has appeared on the Independent roster regularly recently. I enjoyed this and had to think quite a bit on quite a few … Read more >>
Our Wednesday challenge this week comes from Eccles.
Angel fills the Tuesday slot this week – our first blog of a puzzle by this setter. We started off at a rate of knots starting in the NW corner and working anti-clockwise until we ground to a halt in the NE section. No idea why after having solved the clues.