Never knowingly undersolved
Thank you to Silvanus. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Everyone is wearing blue around American city (6) DALLAS : ALL(everyone) contained in (is wearing) reversal of(… around) SAD(blue/feeling down). 4. … Read more >>
Friday 13th has been and gone, so what does the day after bring in puzzling terms. Tees is the compiler to tussle with. Tees’ puzzles are always fun. The clues are quirky and … Read more >>
This is my first Phi puzzle of 2023 and one that I would rate as a medium-difficulty puzzle. I have not spotted any particular theme today, but perhaps other solvers have and will … Read more >>
Brunel is a fairly new setter in the Independent world with just 5 previous puzzles in the past two years. I struggled a bit in the SW corner where AQUAFABA … Read more >>
Eccles in his regular Wednesday slot: always a welcome prospect.
It’s a Serpent today. Great news!
My first blog of 2023 brings me a Wire puzzle in the Independent. Happy days. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] … Read more >>
Sunday rolls on and Kairos brings some puzzlement for us.
After almost exactly 12 years and 128 Saturday Independent blogs, I have decided it is time to ‘pass on the baguette‘, as Matt Lucas recently put it…and this was a pleasant solve to finish on, although I needed some matriarchal assistance…
Phi fills his normal Friday slot There are some obvious islands in the grid, two of which were clued as islands. CAPRI and TIREE are the ones clued directly. ASCENSION, … Read more >>
Bluth provides our Thursday challenge this week.
One of Hippogryph’s bi-monthly appearances fills the first Wednesday slot of 2023 – Happy New Year!
Filbert’s latest puzzle is the subject of my first blog of 2023, delayed because I have been travelling (or rather attempting to travel!) I feel that I have solved and parsed all the … Read more >>
I blogged Laccaria’s only previous offering which was Peanuts themed with a cracking anagram
Hello and Happy New Year to you all. I hope it proves to be a peaceful, healthy and fulfilling one.
We ring in the new year at the Independent with Raich … but which year? For several of the across clues, we are in 1963.
I enjoyed solving the puzzle and discovering the theme, my highlight being “King’s Speech”. Thanks Raich!