Independent

First Indy Prize blog of the year brings me a Tyrus that is maybe not as hard as a traditional Tyrus puzzle. Solving this was quite fun, the answers falling in gradually, and a … Read more >>

This is my first Friday blog of 2014, so it is my first encounter of the year with Phi. I found this a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle, with three unfamiliar words at 4, 11 … Read more >>

Klingsor appears as an Independent setter about once a month and always produces interesting crosswords.       The first four across entries all begin with A but there doesn’t seem to be any … Read more >>

What more can we say? Actually, although this contains many of Dac’s trademark felicities, there are a couple of clues that struck me as just a little below the standard we have come … Read more >>

We were pretty sure that we had not blogged Kairos before. On checking. we found there have been 10 other puzzles from him in the Indy but 9 of them were in the … Read more >>

When you see Morph’s name on a puzzle, you know you’re going to have a few smiles when solving it.  No exception here: bit of cricket, bit of politics, bit of current affairs, … Read more >>

I think I may only once have blogged an eXternal puzzle, and goodness me, this one seemed very hard at first. The grid initially filled up very slowly, and from the bottom upwards. … Read more >>

My first blog of a new year crossword is a duel with Nestor A grid with lots of letters with little black space – just how I like them. And some lovely fun … Read more >>

A good crossword from Phi today.  If there was a Nina in the puzzle it has defeated me.       There are a number of words in today’s entry that are not … Read more >>

Much delay this morning I’m afraid. The crossword wouldn’t load because I apparently had too old a version of Java. So I updated that and the same thing happened. I spent ages trying to … Read more >>

Once again, as we have come to expect on a Wednesday, an excellently constructed puzzle from Dac with the usual smooth surfaces. We solved this with a friend (‘Joyce II’) – and we … Read more >>

Independent 8,502 / Radian I had been looking forward to my next encounter with Radian after blogging one of his puzzles on my last Tuesday slot in December. This was an enjoyable, not … Read more >>

The gaffer’s called me off the bench this morning to replace flashling, who’s recovering from an eye operation he underwent this weekend.  So first things first – a speedy recovery to him.  And … Read more >>

People are going to be talking about me and Poins soon.  Seems like every time he has a slot in the IoS, it’s my turn to blog.  But there’s nothing going on between … Read more >>

After the veritable smorgasbord of fancy themed and Nina’d centenary/Christmassy puzzles across all sources over the past few weeks, Nimrod brings us back down to basics with a good, honest hard-working cryptic prize puzzle…a … Read more >>