It’s Tuesday, it’s Theme Day.
And Hob is no stranger when it comes to this.
Independent
Independent 9,968 by Italicus
Italicus is a setter I haven’t seen before, but there were some excellent clues here. I had a few queries on one or two of them.
Independent on Sunday 1,491 by Kairos
I enjoyed this. A bit more meat than the standard Sunday lunch offering. Thank you Kairos.
Independent crossword 9967 by Hoskins
With summer well and truly over – a puzzle from Hoskins is in the Saturday slot. A fun puzzle, a little risque too but in my opinion all the better for that. 22ac … Read more >>
Independent 9966 / Phi
Phi, as usual, provides the Friday puzzle I feel there is something going on this grid that I can’t quite put my finger on. The word source or sources is … Read more >>
Independent 9,965 by Morph
Always a pleasure to blog a Morph. As usual he is quite difficult but imaginative and inventive in his clueing.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
Independent 9,964 – Peter
For the second week in a row I am asked to stand in for Bertandjoyce.
Peter’s crossword is a friendly one but far from a write-in. The kind of puzzle one expects on a Wednesday.
Independent 9,963 / Radian
Radian’s latest puzzle has been published today for our stimulation and entertainment. I notice that it uses a grid that was originally just a Telegraph grid, from what I can remember. Overall, I … Read more >>
Independent 9962/Tees
Yesss … after a frustratingly long absence, a chance to indulge myself (I think setters and scheduling editors have been doing it on purpose, frankly.) Oh, and as well as the two … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1490 – Nitsy
A pleasant Sunday morning solve with, for me, several highlights. I particularly enjoyed 13ac, 25ac and 20dn so thanks to Nitsy and the 14ac 3dn. . Across 1 Resisting whimsical carol we hear … Read more >>
Independent 9961 by Klingsor (Saturday Puzzle 15 September 2018)
If this puzzle from Klingsor was a meal, I rushed through the starter, and choked on a couple of small bones towards the end…but was left with a sweet taste overall… I made fairly … Read more >>
Independent 9,960 by Phi
This was a rather-kinder-than-usual crossword from Phi, but its neat clueing was as good as always.
I shall not be in later so won’t be able to react to any comments until late on Saturday at the earliest.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
Independent 9,959 – Serpent
I may have solved every single crossword that Serpent wrote for The Independent but I’ve never blogged one. Until now, with thanks to Bertandjoyce, who are having a great time probably, at the moment being as close to the South Pole as we are to the North Pole (unless you live Down Under, perhaps). Hence me today.
Independent 9,958 / Hypnos
Hypnos is occupying the mid-week slot this time, offering me just my second opportunity to solve and blog one of his puzzles. I found this a fairly straightforward but nonetheless entertaining solve. I … Read more >>
Independent 9957 / Wire
I can’t find Wire mentioned as a setter anywhere in the fifteensquared history so I’m guessing this is a debut puzzle Whenever I see a new setter, I wonder if … Read more >>