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Independent 9725 / Hoskins

Wed December 13, 2017 at 8:02 am by Bertandjoyce

Yet another Hoskins greets us today! We found this to be at the easier end of the Hoskins scale, but what a pleasure to solve! Plenty of time to marvel at the … Read more >>

Independent 9,724 / Alchemi

Tue December 12, 2017 at 12:24 pm by RatkojaRiku

Alchemi has compiled today’s puzzle for our enjoyment, and enjoyment it did indeed provide. I found this to be towards the easy end of the Indy difficulty spectrum, with clues that proved relatively … Read more >>

Independent 9723 / Vigo

Mon December 11, 2017 at 3:03 pm by Gaufrid

It would appear, that for some reason, the scheduled blogger has not been able to be with us today, so here instead is an analysis of the clues. . Across 1 Evil women … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,450 by Hoskins

Tue December 12, 2017 at 4:20 amSun December 10, 2017 at 12:01 am by Simon Harding

It looks like Hoskins and myself have synchronised in our respective rotas, this being our third meeting on the trot, so I do hope the poor chap doesn’t get sick of me too … Read more >>

Independent 9722 by Monk (Saturday Puzzle 9 December 2017)

Sat December 9, 2017 at 10:00 am by mc_rapper67

Some clever stuff from Monk today… …a high standard of clueing/misdirection, and a Nina to boot! After a couple of runs through the clues, the SW quarter remained stubbornly underpopulated, and it took … Read more >>

Independent 9,721 by Phi

Fri December 8, 2017 at 9:40 am by John

As always with Phi everything is pretty obvious once it’s done, but to begin with things were often difficult: he writes clues that are open to a number of different promising approaches. I was delayed for a long time by 21dn; I think my parsing is correct, but in this and one or two other cases no doubt I shall be corrected.

Independent 9720 / Serpent

Thu December 7, 2017 at 8:09 am by Bertandjoyce

Quite a challenge from Serpent today, which took us a while to get into. There is a well-constructed literary theme based on two 5ds and their major works, which, as we found … Read more >>

Independent 9,719 / Gila

Wed December 6, 2017 at 10:56 am by RatkojaRiku

Gila has provided today’s cruciverbal entertainment in what used to be Dac’s weekly spot. I found this to be a thoroughly enjoyable, medium-difficulty solve. I completed the grid unaided, but I needed to … Read more >>

Independent 9718 / Knut

Tue December 5, 2017 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Knut is known for his topical crosswords. Today we had reference to ROBERT MUGABE, who relinquished power in Zimbabwe recently, and to DAVID CASSIDY, singer with the PARTRIDGE Family who … Read more >>

Independent 9,717 by Tees

Mon December 4, 2017 at 9:06 am by NealH

I found this mostly on the straightfoward side but was lost on a few of the clues. The presence of a number of linked entries made the puzzle a little easier than it might have been.

Independent on Sunday 1449/Kairos

Sun December 3, 2017 at 12:05 am by Pierre

Kairos on duty this week. A sound and tractable puzzle, with a generous grid and clear cluing. One I’m not sure of the parsing for, so if some kind soul could confirm I … Read more >>

Independent 9716 / Punk

Sat December 2, 2017 at 7:44 am by Bertandjoyce

A highly entertaining, tough challenge from Punk today. It took us a while to get into the puzzle and there were a number that we guessed from the crossing letters before we … Read more >>

Independent 9715 / Phi

Fri December 1, 2017 at 7:53 am by Bertandjoyce

We cannot believe that it is time for us to blog a Phi again – where does the time go these days? We found this a fairly straightforward solve which was very … Read more >>

Independent 9,714 / Hoskins

Thu November 30, 2017 at 3:34 pmThu November 30, 2017 at 12:32 pm by RatkojaRiku

Hoskins has given us a puzzle to sink our teeth into this Thursday, the first of his puzzles that it has fallen to me to blog in a long time. I actually found … Read more >>

Independent 9713 / Dac

Wed November 29, 2017 at 8:38 amWed November 29, 2017 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

We have a typically elegant Dac crossword today You know what you are going to get with Dac. Clues with very good surfaces, unambiguous parsing and entries that come from … Read more >>