Independent

A new setter for me to blog. Single celled organisms are more cerebral than they used to. Happy new year to all – may peace spread faster than war. Some high quality and … Read more >>

The Thursday crossword this week has been supplied by one of the more recent additions to the Indy compiling team, and this was my first outing with him as solver and blogger. I … Read more >>

A sound cryptic from Shabbo which fits the Monday slot well. Nothing to frighten the horses, and probably one I’d recommend to those solvers who are regularly managing the Quiptic, which appears in … Read more >>

Phi is ushering in the weekend with his latest Friday puzzle. Today’s grid accommodated a large number of clues of different lengths (from 3 to 15 letters), although it did seem to be … Read more >>

Umpire continues his quarterly appearance trend to day, following the most recent outing in mid-October.       The grid is a slightly odd shape, but there were only two occurrences of consecutive … Read more >>