Independent

Our mid-week cruciverbal challenge has been set by Mev. I am not familiar with this compiler’s work, although I can see that a small number of puzzles by him/her have already been blogged … Read more >>

Knut entertains us today in the Independent.       Tuesday is theme day in the Independent and there is no doubt about today’s theme as Knut takes us through some of the … Read more >>

Hoskins has the Monday Indy puzzle for us.  What will he provide for us this morning? A straightforward enough puzzle, as it turns out, but we have a theme, which is unusual: there … Read more >>

As always, a carefully constructed and entertaining puzzle from Tees. A few UK references that might have held up overseas solvers, and a sprinkling of French knowledge required; but other than that, my … Read more >>

Bluth has provided our cruciverbal entertainment for this Thursday. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, which gave me a good workout but which did not inflict too much head-scratching for a … Read more >>

I usually blog an Eccles puzzle once a month and today is the day for November.       There are many excellent clues in puzzles by Eccles such that it is often … Read more >>

Thank you to Lark. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 5. Rabbi’s love for one prepared to learn (6) ABSORB : Anagram of(… prepared) [ “Rabbi’s” with O(letter representing 0/”love” in tennis … Read more >>

Phi is occupying his usually Friday slot this week. This was towards the easier end of the Phi spectrum for me, and I made steady progress throughout. The entries with which I wasn’t … Read more >>

Methuselah is a setter who first appeared in the Independent puzzle series in Spring 2021 with several puzzles following at monthly to six week intervals since then.       This was a … Read more >>