Independent

Our Wednesday entertainment has been provided by Twin today, a compiler whose work I have neither solved nor blogged until today. There was a lot to get one’s teeth into today, as the … Read more >>

Hoskins is the setter for the Tuesday Independent this week.       I had noticed MARX and BROTHERS in the grid, but hadn’t looked much beyond that until I remembered that Tuesday … Read more >>

I shouldn’t have left such a big glass of sherry out for Père Noël last evening. He’s brought me a puzzle to blog on Christmas Day. What’s occurring? I guess that since the … Read more >>

Rodriguez has set this week’s Thursday puzzle. It would be a shame if solvers were too busy getting ready for Christmas to find time to solve what, in my humble opinion, is a … Read more >>

Gila fills the Wednesday Independent slot this week.       Terminology in wordplay construction should warrant an academic treatise.  Today we had ‘frequently‘ in the clue for 1 across and ‘occasionally‘ in … Read more >>

It’s not unknown for Tees to provide the Monday puzzle in the Independent. He is on his usual good form with this offering. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as … Read more >>

Thank you to Shabbo.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Nice here in secretive island (6) SICILY : ICI(“here” in the language of Nice, France) contained in(in) SLY(secretive/sneaky). Defn: … in … Read more >>

Serpent slides into today’s Saturday slot with some sort of slippery puzzle. Certainly slippery for me.  Several clues had me foxed for a long time.  And there are still a few for which … Read more >>