Independent

Eccles has provided a medium-difficulty puzzle for this mid-week slot, on an unusual grid with limited variety in terms of entry length. I made swift progress through this enjoyable puzzle, with the NE … Read more >>

Tees provides the Tuesday challenge this week       Tuesday is theme day in the Independent and we have a clear theme today with the puzzle being a tribute to PELE [1940 … Read more >>

Hoskins has the Sunday Indy offering for us this weekend. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined … Read more >>

I’m not sure why, but when I first looked at this puzzle, and saw the various clues with …,1,1,1,… enumeration I immediately assumed it was going to have a sporty theme with answers … Read more >>

Rodriguez has provided our Thursday cruciverbal challenge, with plenty of 2 for us to get our teeth into. I found this to be an enjoyable puzzle, medium to hard in terms of difficulty, … Read more >>

It’s a puzzle from Bluth today so be prepared for some quirky cluing.       I think the use of C3PO and R2D2 are definitely contenders for the quirky cluing award this … Read more >>

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 >>