Independent

It is a while since I have solved or blogged a Radian, so I was relishing the challenge this morning. In light of my recent failures to spot Ninas, I was on my … Read more >>

Bonjour!  Punk and I cross swords again on a Monday – in a friendly sort of way, of course.  I loved this one, but I’m not sure everyone will be quite so keen … Read more >>

You know that stuff about buses?  You wait ages for one to come along, and then two come one after another?  I blogged my first Tyrus when he had the Monday slot a … Read more >>

It’s Saturday, it’s my turn to blog…and it is yet another Bannsider! Not that I’m complaining – excellent clueing, as usual, although I would say this was possibly at the ‘easier’ end of … Read more >>

One of those themed crosswords that takes a long time to start if you don’t immediately see the gateway clue (as I have discovered it’s called; in this case 5dn). Then much of … Read more >>

A suitably tricky Thursday puzzle from Klingsor, which took quite a bit of sorting out!   As expected, there were some excellent surface readings and cryptic definitions, a fair bit of crafty misdirection … Read more >>

As it is the last Wednesday of the month, it is Dac’s day off, so I have crossed swords with Crosophile today. Since I am not yet that familiar with Crosophile’s work, I … Read more >>

Nimrod always keeps you on your toes, even if the theme becomes obvious fairly early on.       I solved the puzzle without too much difficulty given that twelve of the entries … Read more >>

Enjoyable puzzle from Quixote, which I found perhaps a tad more difficult that he usually is.    Solving time, 21 mins, and pleased to learn two completely new words getting them from the wordplay … Read more >>

A puzzle with enjoyable surfaces.  Thanks Glowworm. Definitions are underlined in the clues.  [[The pictures at the bottom have an unidentified link to the puzzle.]] Across 1 Seconds a beanpole may welcome? (7-2) … Read more >>

This is our 25th blog on 225 and, amazingly, our first Anax, so we approached it with eager anticipation, as he is one of the most challenging Indy setters and one of our … Read more >>

We don’t think there has been a Phi puzzle that we haven’t liked. There are often themes, some of which we have missed when we have been blogging so we looked long and … Read more >>

My apologies to one and all for the late post – I was kept away from my computer until after lunch. In my humble opinion, a Nestor puzzle is always a joy to … Read more >>

Dac is a regular contributor of Independent crosswords on a Wednesday.  He doesn’t seem to use obscure words in the grid and his clues always read very well. I think his puzzles will … Read more >>

An excellent workout from Tees today. The theme is the long clue 3/22/9/20, and the unchecked letters on the left-hand and right-hand sides of the grid, which I saw fairly early in the … Read more >>