Never knowingly undersolved
Lohengrin made his debut in the Indy/Sindy only a few months ago. It has taken me a while to get used to his style, but I thought that this was generally a well-constructed … Read more >>
A straightforward puzzle, but said as a compliment. No gimmicks or clever-clever stuff, just straightforward interesting and enjoyable clues. Thank you Hypnos.
Not quite the palindromic date of the new year (have to wait till February for that) but post New Year a duel with Tyrus beckons. Always a pleasure. Some complex wordplay indeed. Two … Read more >>
This is my first Phi-day puzzle as blogger of 2016. Instinctively, I am always rather fearful of grids that do not accommodate any longer, multi-word entries, and indeed today’s grid houses words no … Read more >>
Rorschach seems to be one of rarer breed of Independent daily setters with not many appearances to his name in the past couple of years. I think the entries were … Read more >>
Whatever else?
Definitions underlined and in red; not sure I like this but it’ll have to do. I’m not going to go through it all and change them by hand.
Well, a Bowie theme yesterday and a Star Wars theme (at least in the clues) today. We love themed puzzles so this was right up our alley, even though some of the clues … Read more >>
A 24 today, very much a Marmite puzzle I suspect which will be loved or hated.
As far as I can tell, we haven’t seen Alchemi on a Sunday since July 2014. In any case, welcome back Alchemi! This started off quite slowly for me. It didn’t help that … Read more >>
A new (to me, at least) setter this week – were you driven ’round the bend’ by Bend?… I have to admit I am a prize-puzzle-tart, and don’t solve during the week, but … Read more >>
It wouldn’t be a proper Friday for Independent crossword solvers if there wasn’t a puzzle by Phi This was a fairly standard crossword from Phi. I didn’t see any obvious … Read more >>
Klingsor seems to be lumbered with me rather often nowadays. Not that this worries me. I’d be happy to blog his puzzles every time (apart from the odd holiday with some of the other setters) because he’s one of the best around. There is always the right level of difficulty for me: not too easy, but the surfaces are nice and everything is clear and sound; one can eventually solve his most intractable clues. I think.
Definitions underlined.
It’s Wednesday, it’s Dac – What else can we say? Another excellent puzzle! 1 Attack viciously? Proceed towards jail, having broken a rule wrongly (2,3,3,7) GO FOR THE JUGULAR GO FORTH (proceed … Read more >>
It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a Punk crossword, so I was rather looking forward to getting stuck into this one. And Punk certainly did not … Read more >>
A very nice puzzle from a compiler who is fairly new to the Indy. It was quite accessible but had some neat bits of misdirection and some well-hidden definitions, 11 down being my … Read more >>