Never knowingly undersolved
It’s Friday – it’s Phi with a fairly typical broadsheet puzzle. Even although it’s Phi I can’t see any obvious theme or message this week. Yes, there were a couple … Read more >>
A gentle one from Tees today; gentle at any rate compared with some of the problems he sets. All seemed to fit in quite pleasantly and straightforwardly, although I had some doubts about 8dn until I realised that a train service was transport, and I had to look up 15dn to learn that an impromptu is a speech.
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A definite sense of déjà vu on many occasions today, so much so that at one point I wondered if this was an old, recycled puzzle intended for the ‘i’ rather than the … Read more >>
Punk has produced today’s puzzle with something of a cricketing theme, perhaps to coincide with the end of this summer’s Ashes series this week. Rather oddly, the first clue that I solved is … Read more >>
Old style blog today as the Indy’s site just won’t work for me today. . Bits of this were a bit tricky, thanks Alchemi, can’t see any themes or Ninas but who knows, … Read more >>
I think we have a debut puzzle here from Lohengrin. There seem to have been a few new setters in the Indy of late, so well done to the Ed for encouraging new … Read more >>
A prize Nimrod – just the thought of it is enough to chill the blood, let alone if you have to blog it. If there are any errors or omissions you will … Read more >>
The usual very pleasing crossword from Phi, which I found a bit harder than usual, although as always everything was perfectly obvious after I had finished.
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 >>