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Indepedent on Sunday 1350/Raich

Sun January 10, 2016 at 12:01 am by Pierre

The first IoS crossword of 2016, Raich as the setter, and my turn to solve and blog. Life is good. You can always rely on Raich to provide a good Sindy offering. A … Read more >>

Independent Saturday Prize Puzzle 9116 / Nestor (2nd Jan 2016)

Sat January 9, 2016 at 12:16 am by Bertandjoyce

As expected, we found this an enjoyable Saturday prize puzzle from Nestor, but we still can’t figure out part of the clue for 11across. We’re not sure about the relevance of the … Read more >>

Independent 9121 by Phi

Fri March 27, 2020 at 8:41 amFri January 8, 2016 at 10:18 am by John

Everything was going fine: the usual experience with Phi, rather slow to get started then, when once afloat, making steady progress so that it all seemed easy enough. And then I came up against 5dn. Having thought for a good while I abandoned myself to every variety of aids, still without success. After about half an hour I left it and returned about three hours later, when the answer was obvious. How often this happens. Of course ‘forbidding’ wasn’t a rather dodgy indicator of the omission of something; all perfectly sound.

Independent 9120 / Nimrod

Thu January 7, 2016 at 8:03 am by Bertandjoyce

As expected, a challenging Nimrod this Thursday with, in our humble opinion, a number of rather over-long, convoluted clues. However, when the true ingenuity of the puzzle was finally revealed, we forgave him. … Read more >>

Independent 9,119 / Dac

Wed January 6, 2016 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

It may well be a new year, but some things just don’t change, such as a Dac puzzle appearing in the Independent on a Wednesday. I found this a tad tougher than the … Read more >>

Independent 9118 / Crosophile

Tue January 5, 2016 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

The first Independent Crosophile of 2016 is published today. This was a good example of a broadsheet cryptic crossword puzzle. There were no obscure words in the grid (except perhaps … Read more >>

Independent 9,110 by Hieroglyph (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 26/12/15)

Tue January 5, 2016 at 2:01 amTue January 5, 2016 at 1:00 am by Simon Harding

The closing date for this puzzle was also postponed from the usual following Saturday until today, for obvious reasons. I was surprised not to spot anything thematic this week, despite the puzzle being … Read more >>

Independent 9117/Radian

Mon January 4, 2016 at 2:51 pmMon January 4, 2016 at 7:30 am by Pierre

Firstly, best wishes for 2016 from me to everyone in the Fifteensquared community. Secondly, Chuffing Nora. If the concept of the Monday Indy puzzle being ‘the easy one’ started disappearing last year, … Read more >>

Independent 9105 Anax (Sat 19-Dec 2015)

Mon January 4, 2016 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Another solid puzzle from Anax. This was not as hard as some I have seen from him which is just as well given how busy we all are at the moment. Only 6 answered … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1349 Kairos

Sun January 3, 2016 at 12:02 am by scchua

(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) In the main, about the right … Read more >>

Independent 9115 / Phi

Fri January 1, 2016 at 8:01 am by Bertandjoyce

A fairly straightforward topical themed puzzle from Phi to start the year off in the manner we have come to expect. All good fun, with only one unusual word (14D), no doubt resulting … Read more >>

Independent 9,114 / Eimrod

Sat January 2, 2016 at 1:27 amThu December 31, 2015 at 12:47 pm by RatkojaRiku

Here I am with my blog of the last Indy puzzle of 2015, which I imagine is a joint effort on the part of Eimi and Nimrod. New Year’s Eve seems to be … Read more >>

Independent 9113 / Dac

Wed December 30, 2015 at 12:13 pmWed December 30, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

This is the final Dac puzzle of 2015. The entries were fairly well known words or phrases. For me, the least well known was SLOTH BEAR at 17 down. … Read more >>

Independent 9112 by Hob

Tue December 29, 2015 at 10:58 am by John

This crossword from Hob was in the Nimrod league so far as difficulty is concerned. It took me absolutely ages, and even now I’m not sure about the parsing of one or two of the answers. Who knows just why, since when I can understand the answer it seems straightforward enough; perhaps it’s because the definition is often cunningly disguised and when you do have an idea what it is the number of options is so great that you aren’t exactly led by the hand towards the right one.

Definitions underlined.

Independent 9111 by Monk

Mon December 28, 2015 at 9:10 am by flashling

Oh dear, I thought Monday was supposed to be a nice gentle day here at the Indy, Wot’s Monk doing here??