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Independent 11,464 by Filbert

Mon July 10, 2023 at 5:42 amMon July 10, 2023 at 5:08 am by flashling

Monday rolls around and Filbert once again starts us off.

Independent on Sunday 1,741/Italicus

Sun July 9, 2023 at 12:05 am by Pierre

The Sunday offering this week from the Independent is a crossword from Italicus. I found this to be a pleasing puzzle which fell out nicely after I made initial inroads into it. Abbreviations … Read more >>

Independent 11,463 by Serpent

Sat July 8, 2023 at 2:50 pmSat July 8, 2023 at 8:30 am by twencelas

Early July and the Serpent slithers a puzzle towards us. And enjoyably devious as one has grown to expect. Always refreshing. Clues of note in my opinion are 10ac and 20dn for their … Read more >>

Independent 11,462 by Phi

Fri July 7, 2023 at 7:44 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s Friday – it’s Phiday.

Independent 11,461 / Quince

Thu July 6, 2023 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

Although I can see that a handful of his puzzles have already been published in the Indy, this is my first experience of blogging a puzzle by Quince, and what a treat it … Read more >>

Independent 11460 / Filbert

Wed July 5, 2023 at 5:19 pmWed July 5, 2023 at 7:25 am by duncanshiell

Filbert is a setter whose work is appearing more rgaularly. I find Filbert’s puzzles quite testing, but satisfying when complete I think this puzzle is theme and message free. Most … Read more >>

Independent 11,459 by Laccaria

Tue July 4, 2023 at 9:00 am by Quirister

Tuesday entertainment from Laccaria.

Independent No.11,457 by Filbert

Mon November 27, 2023 at 5:29 pmMon July 3, 2023 at 12:51 pm by Leedsclimber

Better late than never (apparently)! Now the site is back from the dead I can finally post this.

~~Today’s~~ Saturday’s puzzle is was set by Filbert.

Independent 11458 by Vigo

Mon November 27, 2023 at 5:30 pmMon July 3, 2023 at 9:00 am by NealH

With all the problems over the weekend, I’ve had to build the HTML for this entirely by hand. Therefore it’s unlikely there aren’t a few places where the clue text is wrong or has the wrong enumeration.

This was a mostly gentle puzzle, although I did struggle to work out the parsing of a couple.

Independent on Sunday 1,740 by Xestobium

Tue July 4, 2023 at 11:49 amSun July 2, 2023 at 12:01 am by scchua

Thank you to Xestobium. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Primate has company with devilment? (6,8) MONKEY BUSINESS : MONKEY(a small to medium-sized primate) plus(has) BUSINESS(a company/a commercial organisation). Defn: …/reckless … Read more >>

Independent 11,456 / Phi

Fri June 30, 2023 at 10:05 am by RatkojaRiku

Today sees the publication of Phi’s latest puzzle, although with the technical problems dogging the website right now, it remains to be seen how many solvers will get to read this blog. I … Read more >>

Independent 11455 / Wiglaf

Thu June 29, 2023 at 8:51 amThu June 29, 2023 at 7:25 am by duncanshiell

Wiglaf is a setter who makes you think. I note that many blogs of Wiglaf’s puzzles mention the word ‘challenge’. Today’s puzzle scores high on the challenge scale. There were … Read more >>

Independent 11,454 by Monk

Wed June 28, 2023 at 9:00 am by Quirister

Monk provides our mental workout today.

Independent 11,453 by Dill

Tue June 27, 2023 at 8:04 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s Dill today – this is only our second blog of a Dill puzzle. Our first was in September 2020..

Independent 11,452/Tees

Mon June 26, 2023 at 7:30 am by Pierre

A fine puzzle from Tees and what I would describe as a typical Monday Indy offering – not overly taxing for a reasonably experienced solver. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad … Read more >>