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Independent 9028/eXternal

Fri November 22, 2019 at 9:29 amMon September 21, 2015 at 7:30 am by Pierre

For me, a bit of a mixed bag this morning. I’ve given up on the Monday Indy being ‘the easy one’, and of course apart from custom, there’s no reason why it should … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1334/Nitsy

Sun September 20, 2015 at 1:05 amSun September 20, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pierre

Just like buses … you wait ages for one and then another one comes along straight afterwards. We hadn’t seen Nitsy for ages in the Indy until his puzzle a couple of weeks … Read more >>

Independent 9,021 by Anax (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 12/09/15)

Sat September 19, 2015 at 1:00 am by Simon Harding

It’s always a pleasure to draw an Anax on blogging day. This was actually a solve of two halves for me, the top half falling in steadily before I ground to a halt. … Read more >>

Independent 9,026 by Phi

Fri September 18, 2015 at 10:31 am by John

As usual Phi has given us a neat efficient crossword with some very nice clues. As I have said before, he is often a bit tricky to get started on and then when you look back afterwards it all seems so simple, as witness the large number of answers that have been parsed in just one term, and I don’t think that’s because I’m in a bit of a hurry to complete this since I have a message from Norton telling me that they must fix a threat which is high risk, and the whole thing may explode before the blog is completed.

Independent 9025 / Nestor

Thu September 17, 2015 at 8:05 am by Bertandjoyce

Nestor takes over the Thursday spot this week. It was something of a relief, as it seemed rather less tricky than we have come to expect for a Thursday. We are out of … Read more >>

Independent 9,024 / Dac

Tue September 22, 2015 at 7:24 pmWed September 16, 2015 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

Today offers me my once-monthly opportunity to blog a Dac puzzle on a Wednesday. And I don’t suppose that I’ll say anything today that I haven’t said many times before: we have before … Read more >>

Independent 9023 / Radian

Tue September 15, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Radian occupies the Tuesday slot with a crossword that is mainly filled with well known words. I have solved this in a bit of a sticks and string fashion given my … Read more >>

Independent 9,022 by Crosophile

Mon September 14, 2015 at 9:54 amMon September 14, 2015 at 8:01 am by flashling

A cheeky little number from Crosophile today…

Independent on Sunday 1333 Hypnos

Sun September 13, 2015 at 12:01 am by scchua

An enjoyable puzzle, with the northwest corner being the last one in. Thanks to Hypnos. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Girl outwardly loving and enchanting (9) GLAMOROUS : The 1st and … Read more >>

Independent 9015 Scorpion (Sat 05-Sep 2015)

Sun September 13, 2015 at 12:03 amSat September 12, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

When I first saw the grid I thought there would be a Nina message on the perimeter somehow. This grid is surely crying out for it. But no, forget the perimeter this is … Read more >>

Independent 9020 – Phi

Fri September 11, 2015 at 7:30 am by Bertandjoyce

Many thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for us while we were out of internet range the last couple of weeks. Also thanks to Gaufrid and Pierre for sorting out a blog at … Read more >>

Independent 9,019 / Knut

Tue September 22, 2015 at 7:23 pmThu September 10, 2015 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

Knut’s latest offering fills the Thursday compiling slot this week. And a first perusal of the clues suggests that this puzzle has not appeared today by chance: the clues are littered with references … Read more >>

Independent 9018 / Dac

Wed September 9, 2015 at 3:35 pmWed September 9, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Another puzzle from Dac with a set of good surfaces to the clues, but … I am left wondering about the frequent (well, three) use of the word ‘wanting’ in … Read more >>

Independent 9,017 by Raich

Tue September 8, 2015 at 10:03 am by John

The usual very nice workout from Raich; not really demanding, but enough to cause someone like me to stop and think from time to time. I had no quibbles with any of the clues: they all seemed to be sound and some of them, like (and here I look through the clues to find ones to quote and nothing really stands out either positively or negatively, but perhaps) 6dn and 7dn were good.

Independent 9016 by Hoskins

Mon September 7, 2015 at 11:47 amMon September 7, 2015 at 9:00 am by NealH

* = anagram [] = removed A(mpere) = abbreviation Hoskins is a completely new setter and that always makes things a little tricky, as you don’t quite know what to expect. I found … Read more >>