Simon Harding

We see Hypnos a fair bit on Sundays, so it’s easy to take for granted quite how good this setter is. Which I suppose is my long-winded way of saying I enjoyed this … Read more >>

We don’t see a great deal of Math, and I make this only the third appearance since a welcome return to the Independent this year. This seemed to be on the more tractable … Read more >>

We don’t see Anglio terribly often, and a quick search through the site suggests that bloggers, myself included, have not found this to be the easiest of setters. Happily enough, this puzzle seemed … Read more >>

One doesn’t tend to expect an easy ride if you happen to draw an Anax on a Saturday. I have to put my hands up and admit this one was far beyond me. … Read more >>

You might think I should be on Poins’ wavelength by now, having had many months drawing Poins every time I blogged an Independent on Sunday puzzle. Instead I found this quite a challenge, … Read more >>

I’ve read that some find Nestor to be at the easier end of the Saturday Independent spectrum, though I’m not sure that I’ve always agreed. There was some lovely stuff in here either … Read more >>

A fairly rare Sunday outing from Alchemi, the first since January, as far as I can tell. My last couple in included 25 across, which doesn’t seem all that difficult and is rather … Read more >>

A good tough Saturday workout from Tyrus this week. There’s a fairly overt theme there, with plenty of references to the press, newspapers etc. Which I suppose could be seen as fairly ironic, … Read more >>

No particular sticking points today, just a smooth Sunday solve where everything adds up nicely. I particularly enjoyed the longish charade at 21 across, and there were a couple of nice &lits in … Read more >>

It’ll be interesting to hear how other solvers found this one. I certainly made very heavy work of it. The wordplay seemed incredibly difficult to tease out in places, and there was a … Read more >>

Good Sunday cryptic stuff from Hypnos once again. Last one in was 6 down, where the wordplay took me a moment to spot, but raised a smile once I did. Across 1 MAHREZ … Read more >>

Not too many problems this week. Just a high quality Sunday cryptic with one or two nice moments of education, such as at 7 down. Across 1 PRIORITY Appeal in religious foundation is … Read more >>

It has been quite some time since I did battle with Scorpion on a blogging day. As is often the case with this setter, there’s a theme today. It may not be to … Read more >>