Independent – Page 276 – Fifteensquared

Independent 8857 / Tees

Thu March 5, 2015 at 8:08 am by Bertandjoyce

We have come to expect the Thursday Indy puzzle to be tricky, and this offering from Tees was no exception. We were not helped by the fact that no fewer than five of … Read more >>

Independent 8,856 / Dac

Wed March 4, 2015 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

It is Wednesday today, so it is Dac’s weekly opportunity to put Indy solvers through their paces. For me, this was a typical Dac puzzle in terms of level of difficulty. I was … Read more >>

Independent 8855 / Hieroglyph

Tue March 3, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Hieroglyph appears on a monthly basis in the Independent weekday series. Once you solved any of the across clues in this puzzle, it was fairly obvious what the theme was. … Read more >>

Independent 8854 by eXternal

Mon March 2, 2015 at 2:44 pmMon March 2, 2015 at 9:00 am by NealH

After a tough Monday puzzle last week, this was back to more gentle fare with plenty of easier clues to get you enough crossing letters to do the trickier stuff. Across 7. Trade … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1305 Commoner

Sun March 1, 2015 at 12:02 am by scchua

(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) A slow start, but it turned out … Read more >>

Independent Prize Crossword 8847 by Anax, 21/02/15

Sat February 28, 2015 at 12:10 pmSat February 28, 2015 at 7:15 am by Bertandjoyce

We always look forward to the challenge of an Anax prize puzzle and this was definitely a challenge! However, we’re not wildly enthusiastic about long anagrams and this puzzle has eight fifteen-letter answers, … Read more >>

Independent 8852 / Phi

Fri June 21, 2019 at 10:45 amFri February 27, 2015 at 8:01 am by Bertandjoyce

Well, it’s Phiday again, and he seems to be getting tougher these days. Last week’s offering seemed more tricky than usual, and this one also took us longer than expected. Although Phi denies … Read more >>

Independent 8,851 / Klingsor

Thu February 26, 2015 at 10:01 amThu February 26, 2015 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

It has been a long time since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Klingsor, so I was keen to get my teeth into this one this morning. This particular … Read more >>

Independent 8850 / Quixote

Wed February 25, 2015 at 11:25 amWed February 25, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Quixote has given us a puzzle today with some good anagrams. I don’t think is the best puzzle that Quixote has ever produced, but it proved a entertaining challenge with … Read more >>

Independent 8,849 by Knut

Tue February 24, 2015 at 10:45 am by John

Knut made his debut only the other day. Now he appears again, and much of this continues the good start he made. There is a lot I don’t understand; my temptation is to say that some of the clues are a bit weak or unsound, but I don’t dare to because it’s far more likely that I’m missing things.

It’s a very strange grid — perfectly OK and no solecisms with the checking. Was this, together with the large number of clues, done in order to fit in some theme? If it was then I can’t see it.

Definitions underlined.

Independent 8848/Scorpion

Mon February 23, 2015 at 2:29 pmMon February 23, 2015 at 7:30 am by Pierre

Chuffing Nora. I keep telling the editor and setters that I only decided to put my name down to blog the Monday Indy because it was ‘the easy one’. … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,304 by Hypnos

Sun February 22, 2015 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

I liked this grid with words all the way round the border, it is a long while since I saw one of these. Good to have the minimum of black space on the grid, value for money!

There are a couple of clues where I don’t quite get the wording, even though I’m sure I have the correct answer. Thanks to Hypnos for an enjoyable Sunday solve.