The maze making Daedalus returns for our Monday entertainment, but will it fly?
Independent
Independent on Sunday 1,438 by Nitsy
Please accept my apologies for being a little bit behind with this one. A full blog post will replace this once I get back from helping 75+ kids run around a park and get some coffee inside me.
Admin: I don’t know what has prevented Simon from returning. I have added an analysis of the clues but will leave it up to others to comment on them.
Independent 9,650 by Hob
Having spent about a week wrestling with a Hob reprint in the ‘i’ a couple of weeks ago, being drawn to blog this one seemed a little daunting. Sure enough, I made a … Read more >>
Independent 9,649 by Phi
The usual utterly sound and satisfactory crossword from Phi. As always, while doing it I found some of the clues a bit tricky, yet afterwards the reason for this was not obvious.
Definitions in maroon, underlined.
Independent 9,648 by Serpent
Due to a veritable comedy of errors Bert and Joyce are not able to blog the puzzle today so I’m standing in.
Independent 9,647 / Tees
Tees has provided today’s cruciverbal pursuits, occupying what is traditionally Dac’s Wednesday slot. I found this quite a stiff challenge despite having got off to a flying start. The second half of the … Read more >>
Independent 9646 / Hoskins
A Hoskins puzzle today in the style we expect from this setter There were a few words that are not in my everyday vocabulary but nothing particularly un usual. I haven’t … Read more >>
Independent 9,645 by Alchemi
I found this fairly hard-going and wasn’t able to finish it on my first run through. However, returning after an adjournment, it did yield fairly quickly.
Independent on Sunday 1437/Poins
Poins normally appears once a month in the IoS. In August we met on the windswept street corner on the rough side of town that is the Fifteensquared blog, and we meet again … Read more >>
Independent 9644 by Monk Sat 09-Sep 2017
This was a absolutely beautiful puzzle to solve. Not only does it have a highly interesting “chain” of 4 answers, but it is also a pangram! I suspected it was a pangram early … Read more >>
Independent 9643 / Phi
It’s very rare that we don’t enjoy a Phi-day puzzle at the end of the week and this was no exception. We are convinced that there must be a theme as there … Read more >>
Independent 9,642 / Wiglaf
Wiglaf is occupying the Thursday slot this week, and it is a while since it has fallen to me to blog one of his puzzles. That said, I found this one probably easier … Read more >>
Independent 9641 / Eccles
A good commuter’s puzzle from Eccles today Well, what I mean is that it’s a puzzle that many solvers will be able to finish in under an hour. There aren’t … Read more >>
Independent 9,640 by Morph
One of Morph’s occasional and very welcome contributions, not that it was easy. It took me at any rate a long time.
The only — very mild — criticism is that ER appears twice, in 10ac as ‘royal’, and in 8dn as ‘ruler’.
Definitions in maroon, underlined.
Independent 9639/Knut
A themed and cross-referenced puzzle for the Monday Indy slot? What’s occurring? Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions … Read more >>