Independent 8,547 by Phi

The usual pleasant and sound crossword from Phi. I can’t see that there is anything really to ask questions about, which suggests to me that there will be few comments, since everything seems to have been understood.

The last time I blogged someone suggested that I described the Nina at the end of the clues, not here, so as not to give anything away before the reader begins (something the software I use doesn’t seem to allow). No danger of anything being given away this time, though. I can’t see anything, but I’ve learnt through experience not to agonise for too long over Phi’s Ninas.

Definitions in italics.

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Independent 8543/Quixote

A typical, and pleasing, Monday puzzle from Quixote.  Enough anagrams to get the improving solver going, and then a generous grid which meant that once you’d got going, you’d get finished.  Only a … Read more >>

Independent 8,538 by Alchemi

Today’s offering from Alchemi is a very pleasant, not too difficult but perfectly challenging, crossword. There are one or two places where pedants would grumble, but few, and I think all is well … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,252 by Nitsy

This is my first IoS blog and I have not seen Nitsy before.  My summary would be: straightforward but difficult.  I found the clue construction straightforward, but the cunning definitions and misleading surface meanings meant that finding the solutions was not an easy task at all.

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