Independent

Independent 9,129 by Knut

Mon January 18, 2016 at 4:03 pmMon January 18, 2016 at 7:45 am by flashling

A 24 today, very much a Marmite puzzle I suspect which will be loved or hated.

Independent on Sunday 1,351 by Alchemi

Sun January 17, 2016 at 1:00 am by Simon Harding

As far as I can tell, we haven’t seen Alchemi on a Sunday since July 2014. In any case, welcome back Alchemi! This started off quite slowly for me. It didn’t help that … Read more >>

Independent 9122 by Bend (Saturday Prize Puzzle 9 January 2016)

Sat January 16, 2016 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

A new (to me, at least) setter this week – were you driven ’round the bend’ by Bend?… I have to admit I am a prize-puzzle-tart, and don’t solve during the week, but … Read more >>

Independent 9127 / Phi

Fri January 15, 2016 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

It wouldn’t be a proper Friday for Independent crossword solvers if there wasn’t a puzzle by Phi This was a fairly standard crossword from Phi. I didn’t see any obvious … Read more >>

Independent 9,126 by Klingsor

Thu January 14, 2016 at 10:37 am by John

Klingsor seems to be lumbered with me rather often nowadays. Not that this worries me. I’d be happy to blog his puzzles every time (apart from the odd holiday with some of the other setters) because he’s one of the best around. There is always the right level of difficulty for me: not too easy, but the surfaces are nice and everything is clear and sound; one can eventually solve his most intractable clues. I think.

Definitions underlined.

Independent 9125 / DAC

Sun January 17, 2016 at 4:43 pmWed January 13, 2016 at 7:46 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s Wednesday, it’s Dac – What else can we say? Another excellent puzzle! 1 Attack viciously? Proceed towards jail, having broken a rule wrongly (2,3,3,7) GO FOR THE JUGULAR GO FORTH (proceed … Read more >>

Independent 9,124 / Punk

Tue January 12, 2016 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a Punk crossword, so I was rather looking forward to getting stuck into this one. And Punk certainly did not … Read more >>

Independent 9123 by Daedalus

Mon January 11, 2016 at 12:56 pmMon January 11, 2016 at 9:35 am by NealH

A very nice puzzle from a compiler who is fairly new to the Indy. It was quite accessible but had some neat bits of misdirection and some well-hidden definitions, 11 down being my … Read more >>

Indepedent on Sunday 1350/Raich

Sun January 10, 2016 at 12:01 am by Pierre

The first IoS crossword of 2016, Raich as the setter, and my turn to solve and blog. Life is good. You can always rely on Raich to provide a good Sindy offering. A … Read more >>

Independent Saturday Prize Puzzle 9116 / Nestor (2nd Jan 2016)

Sat January 9, 2016 at 12:16 am by Bertandjoyce

As expected, we found this an enjoyable Saturday prize puzzle from Nestor, but we still can’t figure out part of the clue for 11across. We’re not sure about the relevance of the … Read more >>

Independent 9121 by Phi

Fri March 27, 2020 at 8:41 amFri January 8, 2016 at 10:18 am by John

Everything was going fine: the usual experience with Phi, rather slow to get started then, when once afloat, making steady progress so that it all seemed easy enough. And then I came up against 5dn. Having thought for a good while I abandoned myself to every variety of aids, still without success. After about half an hour I left it and returned about three hours later, when the answer was obvious. How often this happens. Of course ‘forbidding’ wasn’t a rather dodgy indicator of the omission of something; all perfectly sound.