flashling

Reincarnated blogger. I’m now 62 and sadly recently made redundant. Started doing cryptics whilst living in Oxford (despite being a Cambridge man) in about 1988 when I started buying the Independent which I’ve done pretty much every day since. Flirted with the Guardian and Times but prefer the Indy. I’m not an overly fast solver, preferring to savour rather rush through it. Away from crosswords I used to do professional firework displays as a part time job/hobby but it's best left now to younger fitter folks.

Everyman 3,626

Sun April 10, 2016 at 1:00 am by flashling

A lovely Spring morning here in deepest Suffolk, a spot of gardening (ok I was coerced by Mrs Flashling) & then the crossword.

Independent 9,183 by Crosophile

Mon March 21, 2016 at 10:39 amMon March 21, 2016 at 8:22 am by flashling

My last Indy blog before the paper goes for good.

Everyman 3,622

Sun March 13, 2016 at 2:55 am by flashling

Another Sunday another Everyman for you all.

Independent 9,165 by Rodriguez

Mon February 29, 2016 at 8:37 am by flashling

Another new setter before the demise of the print edition, I guess for a setter seeing your name on line doesn’t have the same cachet as seeing it in print where you’ve “made it”.

Everyman 3,618

Sun February 14, 2016 at 2:00 am by flashling

It’s Sunday and time to do the Everyman. You can find it here

Independent 9,147 by Wiglaf

Mon February 8, 2016 at 3:00 pmMon February 8, 2016 at 7:45 am by flashling

Another new setter to the Independent fold.

Independent 9,129 by Knut

Mon January 18, 2016 at 4:03 pmMon January 18, 2016 at 7:45 am by flashling

A 24 today, very much a Marmite puzzle I suspect which will be loved or hated.

Everyman 3,614

Sun January 17, 2016 at 6:00 am by flashling

Not the hardest Everyman I’ve encountered but one or two a little tricky to fully parse out

Independent 9111 by Monk

Mon December 28, 2015 at 9:10 am by flashling

Oh dear, I thought Monday was supposed to be a nice gentle day here at the Indy, Wot’s Monk doing here??

Everyman 3610

Sun December 20, 2015 at 6:57 am by flashling

To me, at any rate a much harder than usual Everyman

Independent 9094 by Alchemi

Mon December 7, 2015 at 7:34 am by flashling

A plain crossword from Alchemi this morning, nowt wrong with that.

Everyman 3606

Sun November 22, 2015 at 6:54 am by flashling

A quick Everyman for me, a couple of smiles but hopefully more like the everyman of old.

Guardian 26,732 by Vlad

Wed November 18, 2015 at 9:32 am by flashling

The crossword gods seem to have it in for me this week, first the Indy, now the Guardian web sites not working.

Independent 9076 by eXternal

Mon November 16, 2015 at 10:27 am by flashling

Once again the Indy’s web site isn’t showing today’s puzzle, the puzzle wasn’t as hard as eXternal sometimes produces fortunately.

Guardian Cryptic 26725 by Philistine

Tue November 10, 2015 at 12:02 pmTue November 10, 2015 at 10:14 am by flashling

Special instructions – 4 clues had no definition. I found this a bit of struggle to get going with some unusual clue formations.