Never knowingly undersolved
Called off the bench as substitute again because the scheduled blogger(s) didn’t post, so apologies for a fairly terse blog. I really enjoyed this one, as almost always with a Morph puzzle. He … Read more >>
It has fallen to Dac to compile today’s landmark puzzle: the 9,000th Independent cryptic crossword! I wonder if the entry at 1A was chosen to mark the occasion or whether this was pure … Read more >>
Kairos’s monthly appearance today – always good fun. We got our money’s worth today. You don’t often see 36 clues in a daily broadsheet puzzle. Often, an increased number of … Read more >>
Abbreviations () = abbreviated word e.g. A(mpere) [] = letters removed hom = homophone There were some nice clues here, 5D and 28 being particularly worthy of mention. Having failed to notice last … Read more >>
(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.) A nice easy Sunday puzzle. Thanks … Read more >>
Goodness me, an absolute scorcher of a puzzle from Hob this week. I’ve struggled a bit with this setter’s work in the past, but that wasn’t exactly the case here. There was a … Read more >>
Another Friday, another Phi-day. Soon after this blog is published we will be without internet access for some while. If there are errors or omissions we sincerely apologise and hopefully we will sort … Read more >>
Klingsor’s graces the crossword page of today’s Independent, as he often seems to do on a Thursday. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, which I found easier than some of this compiler’s earlier crosswords … Read more >>
Most Wednesdays in the Independent are marked by a Dac crossword, so no surprise to find one today. As Dac crosswords go, I thought this was one of his less … Read more >>
The Independent has changed things on its website and — for the time being at least, and probably for much longer — I have to use a more primitive method of blogging, which … Read more >>
The Independent has changed its crossword (and other puzzles) format and location. The result is that Crossword Solver can no longer be used to download and print the puzzle. Another change is that … Read more >>
A 1-acrossly constructed puzzle by Crosophile which I found to be fairly difficult in places. Across 1. Nice to see gold suit put back in fancy blue wrapping (9) Beautiful Au + fit< … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle following the Independent on Sunday tradition, which seems to be for straightforward and fair clueing at a moderate level of difficulty. Thank you Poins.
I would be interested to know if the IoS regulars (Poins, Hypnos et al) produce radically different puzzles in other publications or if they are chosen by the IoS editor because this is their natural style.
I was very glad when I found it was Monk today as he is one of my favourite setters. Last time I blogged a Monk puzzle in the Prize slot back in May … Read more >>
Friday wouldn’t be the same without Phi now, would it? And here he is with his latest end-of-week offering. I found this a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle and made steady progress through the first … Read more >>