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Independent 8818 by Alchemi

Mon January 19, 2015 at 9:00 am by NealH

This was a puzzle of about the right level of difficulty for a weekday. It was a good one for those who aren’t keen on CDs and DDs, since there were none here. … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,299 by Poins

Mon January 19, 2015 at 10:44 amSun January 18, 2015 at 12:26 pm by Simon Harding

Apologies for the slightly tardy posting. I started this early this morning but was interrupted. I seemed to sail through the puzzle without any particular difficulty. No less enjoyable for that, and a … Read more >>

Independent 8,811 by Hob (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 10/01/15)

Sat January 17, 2015 at 8:00 am by Simon Harding

I’ve very little experience with Hob’s puzzles, and may not ever have blogged one, though I can’t swear it. So this should be interesting. In the event I enjoyed the puzzle, and got … Read more >>

Independent 8816 / Phi

Fri May 3, 2019 at 10:12 amFri January 16, 2015 at 7:15 am by Bertandjoyce

A very special thank you to Phi for this puzzle! We have been blogging now for almost 2 years and this is our 178th post. It will however be one that we will never forget. … Read more >>

Independent 8,815 by Nimrod

Thu January 15, 2015 at 10:19 pmThu January 15, 2015 at 11:05 am by John

What you always get with Nimrod, although I must admit that I tend not to do his crosswords nowadays since they are so difficult and I also usually end up being a bit irritated by something, but this time I had to see it through: quite extraordinarily difficult, for some reason, but some imaginative and brilliant clues.

This puzzle had a rather strange grid, which suggests that it was like this for a reason, but that reason is beyond me. Perhaps it was just because Nimrod didn’t want to go down the evil path of having less than 50% checking.

Definitions underlined.

Independent 8814 / Dac

Wed January 14, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

This was another enjoyable puzzle from Dac. I wondered if this was going to be a pangram but I think we are a W and a Z short. When I … Read more >>

Independent 8,813 / Crosophile

Tue January 13, 2015 at 3:16 pmTue January 13, 2015 at 12:15 pm by RatkojaRiku

Tuesday’s slot typically has multiple occupants, and today’s is Crosophile. I still do not have enough experience of solving and blogging puzzles by Crosophile to be able to assess how long it will … Read more >>

Independent 8812/Kairos

Mon January 12, 2015 at 7:30 am by Pierre

I’ve really enjoyed the last few Kairos puzzles that I’ve solved and blogged, but this one contained some stuff that I wasn’t enamoured with. Some really remote synonyms are my main complaint. Took … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1298/Daedalus

Sun January 11, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pierre

I think we have a debut puzzle here from Daedalus. Unless he is Logodaedalus in disguise. Unlike Daedelus’ son in Greek legend, I didn’t warm to it much. There are some where I’m … Read more >>

Independent 8805 (Sat 3rd January 2015) Tyrus

Sat January 10, 2015 at 10:57 amSat January 10, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

As is usual from Tyrus this was a pretty hard puzzle. Maybe not as hard as 8776 back in November which had me terribly stuck, but at the start of this one … Read more >>

Independent 8,810 by Phi

Fri April 19, 2019 at 9:09 amFri January 9, 2015 at 10:39 am by John

Phi’s crosswords are almost like Dac’s: there is really very little to say, because all the clues are straightforward and have a nice surface. One can talk about the Nina, but in Phi’s case either — and this is quite often — he doesn’t have one, or it hardly cries out to me and I lazily prefer to let others find it.