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Independent 9052 by Kairos

Mon October 19, 2015 at 2:01 pmMon October 19, 2015 at 9:00 am by NealH

Independent on Sunday 1338/Daedalus

Sun October 18, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pierre

This is Daedalus’ fourth appearance in the IoS/Indy, and the third one of those that has fallen to me to cover. He’s no doubt getting fed up with that, because I wasn’t a … Read more >>

Independent 9045 Tees (Sat 10-Oct 2015)

Sat October 17, 2015 at 8:47 amSat October 17, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

This was a crossword of two halves After my “first pass” I had the entire left hand side complete but not the central down 5D and only a scattering in the right hand side. Indeed … Read more >>

Independent 9050 by Phi

Fri October 16, 2015 at 11:17 amFri October 16, 2015 at 10:32 am by John

The usual enjoyable crossword from Phi today. It is, one would think, on the easy side for him because so many of the answers can be parsed simply, but I didn’t find it all that easy and failed completely on 2dn.

In a Phi crossword there are seldom clues that really hit you between the eyes, but everything is very pleasant and efficient and it all seems to be sound.

Independent 9049 / Knut

Thu October 15, 2015 at 2:56 pmThu October 15, 2015 at 8:11 am by Bertandjoyce

As it’s Thursday, we expected something a little trickier than usual – and Knut certainly delivered! The last Knut puzzle that we blogged in July was themed around the Greek financial crisis. This … Read more >>

Independent 9,048 / Dac

Wed October 14, 2015 at 11:53 am by RatkojaRiku

Today saw my monthly encounter with Dac, who is occupying his customary Wednesday slot. For me, this was towards the easy end of the Dac spectrum, and I made swift progress through the … Read more >>

Independent 9047 / Hieroglyph

Tue October 13, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

After the themeless crossword from Dac I blogged last Wednesday, this crossword from Hieroglyph fairly obviously has a theme The theme is one that will appeal to some solvers, but … Read more >>

Independent 9046/Lohengrin

Mon October 12, 2015 at 7:30 am by Pierre

This is Lohengrin’s first appearance in the Indy; he has had one puzzle published in the Independent on Sunday, which it also fell to me to blog. I found this a bit clunky, … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1337 Hypnos

Sun October 11, 2015 at 1:56 amSun October 11, 2015 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.) Thanks Hypnos for an enjoyable, the … Read more >>

Independent Crossword 9039 by Nimrod (03-10-2015)

Sat October 10, 2015 at 2:20 pmSat October 10, 2015 at 12:10 am by twencelas

For consecutive blogs – a tussle with Nimrod for me! An for consecutive blogs a tribute to a recently departed comic actor. Again the clues and grid are littered with references to the … Read more >>

Independent 9044 / Phi

Fri October 9, 2015 at 7:51 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s another Friday, and another Phi-day. We found the last two entries quite tricky and had to use a word search as time was pressing on. We’d never heard of 17d before although … Read more >>

Independent 9,043 / Alchemi

Thu October 8, 2015 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

It has been a while since it last fell to me to blog an Alchemi crossword, and solving/blogging today’s puzzle has reminded me of just what I’ve been missing. I found this puzzle … Read more >>

Independent 9042 / Dac

Wed October 7, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Dac has given us a crossword today that should be welcomed by the fans of themeless and ninaless puzzles. Dac sticks to the basics – good and fair clues together … Read more >>

Independent 9,041 by Hob

Thu October 8, 2015 at 8:14 amTue October 6, 2015 at 10:29 am by John

A nice crossword from Hob today. It all fits together well and there is nothing (now that I’ve seen 26dn) that seems to be a problem.