Independent 9772 / Eccles
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 >>
Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
A classic Serpent puzzle to liven up a Tuesday – and our second Serpent blog in two weeks! He’s definitely on the money today! We only tumbled to the theme when we … Read more >>
Yet another Hoskins greets us today! We found this to be at the easier end of the Hoskins scale, but what a pleasure to solve! Plenty of time to marvel at the … Read more >>
Quite a challenge from Serpent today, which took us a while to get into. There is a well-constructed literary theme based on two 5ds and their major works, which, as we found … Read more >>
A highly entertaining, tough challenge from Punk today. It took us a while to get into the puzzle and there were a number that we guessed from the crossing letters before we … Read more >>
We cannot believe that it is time for us to blog a Phi again – where does the time go these days? We found this a fairly straightforward solve which was very … Read more >>
An enjoyable challenge for a Tuesday from Radian this week. Regulars will be aware that Tuesdays are often ‘Theme Day’ and this was no exception. We were looking for a nina … Read more >>