Independent

As always, Phi has given us a pleasant and sound crossword. He usually has a Nina of some sort, but his Ninas are nearly always too obscure for me and they make no difference … Read more >>

Wow! It took a second or two for us to realise that the repletion of the pairs of across clues was not a ghastly printing error, but an amazing feat of setting – … Read more >>

The year may well have changed, but it appears that Dac is still here to accompany our Wednesday mornings, thankfully. I progressed at a fairly measured pace through this puzzle, solving the longer … Read more >>

Everything has settled down again after the recent festivities and we are back into a normal week of Independent crosswords.  Scorpion has given us a good offering today.       I managed … Read more >>

*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone I thought this was an excellent and well-balanced puzzle with a nice mixture of clues. There were plenty of easier clues … Read more >>

My apologies for this post being a week late. The scheduled blogger didn’t turn up and I failed to notice this because the recent festivities have meant that some closing dates for entries … Read more >>

There were a couple of clues that, having got the answers, required a bit more time to parse.  Enjoyed the challenge, thanks to Kairos.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at … Read more >>

We found this a little easier than we have come to expect from Klingsor, but it was a great work-out all the same. Given the hectic activities at this time of year, a … Read more >>

An enjoyable and quite manageable Saturday outing from Eimi, which brightened up another train journey in a most welcome manner. There’s a topical Nina in there too. Look away now if you want … Read more >>

Our first blog of the New Year and another lovely offering from Phi – the first of many in 2014 we hope! Joyce’s favourite clue is 4d for its briefness! When it came … Read more >>

There’s nothing like seeing the New Year in in style, and that’s exactly what Anax does with his first offering of 2014. I found this puzzle rather challenging, and not only because I … Read more >>

As New Year’s Day is a Wednesday this year, it is not surprising that Dac starts us off on the 2014 Independent cruciverbal journey.       Normally, Dac serves up a good … Read more >>

Yesterday in a private email someone told me that this might be up my street. I still don’t know what he meant, for this is a pleasant crossword from Hob which runs close … Read more >>

As in previous years, I’m giving my solving times for the Indy crossword for 2013 showing the average for each setter.    Also info is given on solving times for each day of the … Read more >>

I’ve had an exciting morning so far … Don’t know if others have had the same difficulty, but the Indy crossword didn’t want to come out to play on Crossword Solver this morning.  … Read more >>