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Pleasing puzzle in the Quixote style, solving time 25 mins * = anagram ACROSS 1  AGHA’S   losT 4 O  LEANDER    Hero and Leander from Greek mythology 9 SUSSED    Sussex with d for x … Read more >>

Enjoyable puzzle from Klingsor.   I found it very much on the easy side of the Indy spectrum, 21 mins.   No theme or Nina that I spotted but as always happy to be … Read more >>

Some very pleasing clues in what, I think, is Crosophile’s second Indy appearance, solving time 36 mins. No Nina/theme that I have spotted but very happy to be put right if I’ve missed … Read more >>

Tough puzzle today from Radian, solving time 48 mins. All over the clues the phrase “1 of 20” appeared.      Thought that when I cracked 20 after about 10 minutes, the rest of the … Read more >>

Excellent puzzle full of references appropriate to the day from Radian, which I found ranged from very easy to quite tricky.    Solving times, 27 mins, with the top half much harder than the … Read more >>

This is, I think,  a new pseudonym for the Indy so maybe a new setter.    If so, welcome!     Quite a difficult puzzle, I found, solving time 43 mins, but I got there … Read more >>

Pleasing puzzle from Glow-worm which I found very much on easy side, perhaps chosen as such for a Monday.      Solving time, 15 mins * = anagram ACROSS 1 CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES    required to pay … Read more >>

As in former years, I noted down my solving times for Indy puzzles in 2010.     I do not approach puzzles in ‘race the clock’ mode, but always found it interesting to note the … Read more >>

This was hard as Scorpion often is, so well-chosen by the Indy for a Holiday Monday, got there in the end, solving time, 62 mins. * = anagram ACROSS 6 SN (bridge partners) … Read more >>

A themed puzzle from Radian as was clear from a first look at the clues with a lot of them referring to the answer at 13. Will leave a gap so as readers … Read more >>

Very pleasing puzzle from Glow-worm whose puzzles generally I find at the easier end of the Indy spectrum, solving time, 22 mins.   If memory serves Glow-worm has set quite a few excellent puzzles … Read more >>

A pseudonym that I do not recall seeing before.       A pleasing puzzle that I found was very easy by Indy standards, solving time, 13 mins. * = anagram ACROSS 1 SPECTRES     hidden 9 … Read more >>

Quite a tough puzzle which I enjoyed.    Made fairly quick progress at the start but then it got much harder esp in the lower half of the grid.    Solving time, 44 mins. * … Read more >>

Pleasing puzzle from Glow-worm, quite gentle Monday fare, solving time, 22 mins. * = anagram ACROSS 1 IDENTIFICATION     1 DENT (depression) IF 1 CAN around 1st letters of Therapy In Outpatients 10 Henrik … Read more >>

Quite a tough and enjoyable puzzle from Mordred, some quite easy clues to start with but then it got much harder with the lower half of the grid especially quite difficult.    Solving time, … Read more >>