Independent

Independent 10,098 by Nimrod

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The puzzle can be found here.   Happy Saturday, everyone.  We have a Nimrod puzzle today, and you know what that means — and if you didn’t, you do now!  Many thanks, Nimrod! As I … Read more >>

Independent 10097 / Phi

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Thanks to Eimi for confirming on Monday that today’s puzzle is a Phi – at least some things remain constant while the technology moves on!

We like the new format of the interactive puzzles in the online Indy, but we have complained (along with Eimi and several others) that they do not now include the setter’s name – pretty crucial to cryptic addicts like us! We are told that this issue is being addressed but maybe, the more folk who comment on it, the more likely it is that it will be dealt with quickly.

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Independent 10,096 / Serpent

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Serpent has provided his latest puzzle for our stimulation this Thursday, on a grid that contains a higher-than-average number of lights. I found that I made steady progress through this puzzle, although at … Read more >>

Independent 10094 by Radian

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(Why have they stopped giving the number and author of the crossword, so that one has to put it in by hand?)

As always with Radian, an utterly satisfactory experience. Many can be explained very simply, although that doesn’t mean they were trivially easy. There is one (22ac) which I can’t understand, but usually in these cases the parsing is perfectly obvious once it’s explained. (There was one … but it became clear when I was looking over what I wrote.  Yes quite obvious.)

Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.

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Independent 10093 by Tees

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I wasn’t 100% sure who set this, since I solved it on the Crossword blogging site and that did not give a name.  It does have the feel of a Tees but slightly more toned down than usual – not as many pop culture references and slightly obscure words.

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Independent on Sunday 1512 Hypnos

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Thank you Hypnos for an enjoyable crossword. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Vehicle with endless job when reversing gets driving aid (6) SATNAV : Reversal of(… when reversing) [ VAN(a … Read more >>

Independent 10,089 by Tees

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As befits Wednesday, a very pleasant and fairly gentle crossword from Tees today, with a large number of clues that can be explained in a single short statement. Tees has a habit of stretching one’s literary-type knowledge to the limits, but not here so far as I can see. I shouldn’t have thought that Sherlock Holmes was particularly outré.

Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.

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