What has Donk inflicted on us? This was probably the most difficult crossword I’ve ever done, although many of the clues were very neat. It was completely filled in eventually but I got four answers wrong, and the fact that four of the clues begin “One left” and five of them begin “One right” didn’t help the solving.
Independent
Independent 8862 / Dac
Another well-crafted offering from Dac this week, but one clue didn’t seem to fit the normally excellent surfaces and wordplay. Perhaps because we hadn’t heard the phrase ‘wall pass’ before (not being football … Read more >>
Independent 8,861 / Radian
Owing to difficulties accessing the puzzle, I am posting this blog somewhat later than is customary, for which I apologise. Radian has conjured up our daily dose of lexical gymnastics this Tuesday. I … Read more >>
Independent 8,860 by Morph
Morph appears – to start our week in the Indy
Independent on Sunday 1306/Daedalus
Daedalus made his debut in the IoS a month or so ago, and I wasn’t mad keen on that puzzle, so he’s probably not too chuffed that his second outing has fallen to … Read more >>
Independent 8853 by Alchemi (Saturday Prize Puzzle 28 February 2015)
A pleasant, if gentle, workout from Alchemi – no particular theme or Nina that I could see, but some symmetrically placed (10, 4), (4, 10) connected pairs of clues, and a couple of ‘curved … Read more >>
Independent 8,858 by Phi
The usual from Phi: a very pleasant and sound crossword that maintains the high standard. And as usual I am a bit lost on one or two, but these will I’m sure be explained.
As I say below, I had thought there might be an astronomical theme, but failing that, and this theory does I think fail, I can’t see anything else.
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Independent 8857 / Tees
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
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
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
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
(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
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
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
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 >>