Independent

I’ve just discovered that tomorrow, it will be exactly two years since I started blogging here, so many thanks to everyone who has commented and helped me out in that time. Coincidentally, due … Read more >>

2 Dacs on the bounce for me after his move to Thursday last week. I don’t have a problem with this! Most of this went in fairly quickly, but there were a few … Read more >>

Raich’s puzzles are always good and he does not disappoint here. Some of the clues are excellent, although one or two I’m not quite sure about. Now that I look I can see the … Read more >>

Very pleasing puzzle from Glow-worm whose puzzles generally I find at the easier end of the Indy spectrum, solving time, 22 mins.   If memory serves Glow-worm has set quite a few excellent puzzles … Read more >>

I have been doing these Sunday Indies one week late on the Independent site and it took some nice co-operation from friends to get hold of a current puzzle without having to be … Read more >>

I am a fan of complex wordplay rather than cryptic definitions, so I always find Bannsider’s puzzles stimulating .  There were some excellent wordplay examples here – e.g. EGGS BENEDICT although I have some … Read more >>

A tough one today, I found, made even tougher by the relatively low number of checked squares. In fact, the grid looks like there might be a Nina, but I don’t see one. … Read more >>

Dac?! On a Thursday!? After Phi’s unexpected appearance yesterday, I assumed that Dac was probably due a Saturday slot, we’d have a date-related puzzle tomorrow and that today would be the usual Thursday … Read more >>

Phi on a Wednesday indeed. Something is afoot. No doubt Eimi or someone will amuse us on Friday with a theme that we can’t predict. And what Dac is doing I can’t think, … Read more >>

Nestor, Nimrod now Anax. This crossword is a tribute to … … a recently deceased Agony Aunt and writer/broadcaster. Only the one two I can’t really see today! Across 1,26 Farewell – FELL about … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism This was a fairly easy Monday morning puzzle with a NINA around the perimeter. I guessed from the mention of FC it was something … Read more >>

This is my first attempt at blogging a Sunday Quixote (well, technically it’s my second due to my mixing up the dates, but that’s another story), so I hope I can do it … Read more >>

A Leo Tolstoy themed puzzle because 20-Nov-2010 was exactly 100 years since the great man’s death. I started the puzzle early on the day and didn’t know this till listening to the Today … Read more >>

Lovely stuff as ever from Phi. Nothing overly difficult here, but great clueing and a fine range of cryptic devices. Across 1 BULLDOG – BULL (nonsense) + DOG (to follow) 5 BITUMEN – … Read more >>

One equals zero? With Nimrod it does. An Ashes inspired crossword, our boys haven’t had the start we might have hoped for alas. There’s a lot of wishful thinking of ducks for the … Read more >>