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Independent 11,216 / Phi

Fri September 23, 2022 at 6:59 am by RatkojaRiku

Phi occupies his usual Friday slot again this week. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, which I worked my way through at a steady pace. The SE quadrant was where I … Read more >>

Categories Independent 13 Comments

Independent 11,207 / Alchemi

Tue September 13, 2022 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

Alchemi has provided the Tuesday puzzle in this week of national mourning for Queen Elizabeth II. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, and it helped to lighten the atmosphere for a while at this … Read more >>

Categories Independent 15 Comments

Independent 11,202 / Hippogryph

Thu September 8, 2022 at 4:40 pmWed September 7, 2022 at 12:57 pm by RatkojaRiku

Hippogryph is occupying today’s slot. It is the first puzzle by this compiler that I have solved and blogged, and I can see that only two puzzles by him or her have been … Read more >>

Categories Independent 21 Comments

Independent 11,197 / Filbert

Thu September 1, 2022 at 7:30 am by RatkojaRiku

Once again, it falls to me to blog a puzzle by Filbert – it must be my lucky day. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, which is crammed with entertaining and ingenious clues – … Read more >>

Categories Independent 7 Comments

Independent 11,192 / Phi

Fri August 26, 2022 at 7:16 am by RatkojaRiku

Phi rounds off another set of mid-week puzzles in time-honoured fashion. There was a lot to get one’s teeth into today, for blogger and solver alike, since this grid accommodated a large number … Read more >>

Categories Independent 15 Comments

Independent 11,183 / Filbert

Tue August 16, 2022 at 1:45 pm by RatkojaRiku

Today’s Tuesday crossword by Filbert leaves us in no doubt as to the theme. Climate change – its cause (at 14), its (partial) remedy (at 3) and attitudes towards it (at 7, 15 … Read more >>

Categories Independent 15 Comments

Independent 11,178 / Hoskins

Wed August 10, 2022 at 4:53 pmWed August 10, 2022 at 12:54 pm by RatkojaRiku

Quite unusually, Hoskins is filling the Wednesday this week. I found this puzzle to be of exactly the right level of difficulty for a mid-week puzzle, i.e. not too stiff a challenge but … Read more >>

Categories Independent 16 Comments

Independent 11,173 / Rodriguez

Thu August 4, 2022 at 12:48 pm by RatkojaRiku

Rodriguez’s latest puzzle provides us with our daily cruciverbal challenge today. I found this to be quite a challenging and thoroughly enjoyable puzzle. I think that I have managed to solve and parse … Read more >>

Categories Independent 18 Comments

Independent 11,168 / Phi

Fri July 29, 2022 at 12:24 pm by RatkojaRiku

Friday is Phiday and thus brings us his latest crossword to solve. I found this to be a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle overall, one that I had to chip away at after writing in … Read more >>

Categories Independent 11 Comments

Independent 11,159 / Alchemi

Tue July 19, 2022 at 1:43 pm by RatkojaRiku

Alchemi has provided today’s puzzle, on the day of the week on which we expect to see a theme. We didn’t need to look hard for this particular theme, since a quick perusal … Read more >>

Categories Independent 14 Comments

Independent 11,154 / Crosophile

Wed July 13, 2022 at 11:49 am by RatkojaRiku

Crosophile has provided this Wednesday’s cruciverbal challenge. I made relatively swift progress through this medium-difficulty puzzle. I did, however, come to a standstill with two clues left unsolved: 19, which was staring me … Read more >>

Categories Independent 11 Comments

Independent 11,149 / Serpent

Thu July 7, 2022 at 10:53 am by RatkojaRiku

Serpent’s latest puzzle awaited us this morning, set on a grid made up of short- and medium-length entries. I found this to be a medium-to-hard puzzle in terms of difficulty. When I had … Read more >>

Categories Independent 14 Comments

Independent 11,144 / Phi

Fri August 5, 2022 at 7:53 pmFri July 1, 2022 at 8:08 am by RatkojaRiku

Phi’s puzzle brings this latest set of mid-week puzzles to an end. I thought that this was towards the difficult end of the spectrum for Phi in the Indy, and in the end, … Read more >>

Categories Independent 16 Comments

Independent 11,135 / Radian

Tue June 21, 2022 at 10:40 pmTue June 21, 2022 at 11:44 am by RatkojaRiku

Radian has produced this Tuesday’s cruciverbal challenges, and on Tuesdays we always expect to see a theme. No need to go searching for today’s theme: once I had solved a handful of clues, … Read more >>

Categories Independent 10 Comments

Independent 11,130 / Brunel

Sun June 19, 2022 at 4:48 pmWed June 15, 2022 at 2:43 pm by RatkojaRiku

Brunel has set today’s puzzle for our delectation. I can see from 15² that Brunel is a relatively new compiler, and it is definitely the first time that I have solved and blogged … Read more >>

Categories Independent 12 Comments
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