Independent 9801 / Serpent
Once again, we have to apologise to Serpent for another Bertandjoyce blog. We are certainly not complaining – hopefully Serpent won’t either. Our LOI was CARGO CULT which we had not … Read more >>
Never knowingly undersolved
Once again, we have to apologise to Serpent for another Bertandjoyce blog. We are certainly not complaining – hopefully Serpent won’t either. Our LOI was CARGO CULT which we had not … Read more >>
By some freak circumstance, we’ve had the pleasure of blogging Eccles’ last three puzzles. This one was up there with the others – all good fun – we particularly liked 26ac. Hoskins’ puzzle … Read more >>
Great fun from Serpent today who had us wrapped up in his devious coils quite a few times during the solve. We blogged three Serpent puzzles in a row in December and January … Read more >>
Phi day again! As usual, we enjoyed this Phi offering – in the middle of the range of difficulty we have come to expect from our Friday setter. There was only one word we … Read more >>
A great work-out from Crosophile today. It was only when we wrote up the blog that we realised there is a theme here (although we do expect one in a … Read more >>
This is Dutch’s 5th Indy puzzle and the first we’ve had the pleasure of blogging. We found this perhaps slightly easier than we expected for a Saturday puzzle, but a very enjoyable … Read more >>
We had the pleasure of blogging Eccles’ most recent Indy puzzle last month, and here he is again! All good fun – nothing too tricky, lovely surfaces, and some ingenious definitions. Our … Read more >>
We haven’t seen Scorpion in the Indy since last October – this was a welcome return. Scorpion has kept up his reputation for enjoyable but tricky themed puzzles with 11 (or possibly … Read more >>
Another end to the week and another Phi to solve. However, we still have some of this week’s Indy puzzles yet to solve as the Inquisitor crossword in the i newspaper last Saturday … Read more >>
A tour de force offering from Hob today which really had our brain cells in overdrive. A number of the clues had really good surfaces – 3d deserves a mention but 27 … Read more >>
A fun mid-week work-out with Eccles this week. There seems to be a lot of dumping going on here, although we don’t really think this is a theme as such – is … Read more >>
Another pleasing puzzle today from Old Snake Hips (as Hoskins calls Serpent). We’ve blogged the last two Serpent offerings so he may be getting a bit fed up with us. However, we are … Read more >>
A really good challenge from Tees today. All very sound clues – we particularly liked 17ac and 29ac for their neat surfaces. Across 9 21’s 23 for 14 animal’s resting-place? (3,6) … Read more >>
The Instructions: In each clue the wordplay indicates an extra letter, not required for its solution. These extras letters in clue order spell out an instruction as to how a number of solutions … Read more >>
Phi’s back to Phiday this week! At first sight, we couldn’t find a theme or nina, but then Joyce noticed that Phi’s challenge in this puzzle was to mirror … Read more >>