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Independent on Sunday 1285 Hypnos
(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.) Quite smooth progress from start to … Read more >>
Independent Prize Puzzle 8728 / Nestor – 4/10/14
This was definitely a Prize puzzle in our opinion! We were very pleased to parse (to our satisfaction anyway!) all of the clues. Thanks Nestor for a very enjoyable solve! Across 8 … Read more >>
Independent 8733 – Phi
There’s been a certain amount of movement between the setters just recently but we were pleased to see Phi back in his normal slot for our blog this week. We weren’t sure … Read more >>
Independent 8732 / eXternal
eXternal has given us plenty to get our teeth into this Thursday morning. I found this puzzle exceptionally difficult to get into, and for a long time I had solved only one clue, … Read more >>
Independent 8731 / Dac
A fairly standard puzzle from Dac today with his usual elegant clue writing. There were a significant number of entries with consecutive double letters. I counted ten in all, six … Read more >>
Independent 8,730 by Punk
A typically neat and pleasant offering from Punk today. It is themed around 11dn, which is to some extent my time, but I still needed Google to explain many of the answers. What … Read more >>
Independent 8729 by Eimi
This was generally at the easier end of the spectrum, but contained a few obscure uses of words that meant some of the parsings took a bit of research. It feels as if … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,284 by Commoner
I found this very enjoyable, a good example of how to make a crossword accessible without making it dull. Something in here for everybody. Thanks Commoner.
Independent 8,722 by Anax (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 27/09/14)
Another tour de force from Anax, I thought. Quite a challenge, of course, but I was pleased to be able to finish this one, even if it did take all week. The characteristic … Read more >>
Independent 8,727 / Phi
Friday is Phi-day, of course, and Phi has duly served up his latest cruciverbal offering for us. I found that I worked my way through this one at a fairly steady pace before … Read more >>
Independent 8726 / Tees
Tees. makes his monthly appearance today with an entertaining puzzle. The puzzle is the first pangram I have blogged for sometime. I think I got the hint of a pangram … Read more >>
Independent 8,725 by Dac
As always on Wednesdays, which don’t seem to be suffering the upheavals of the other days.
I sometimes wonder whether to feign ignorance of the parsing of some clues, so that people will respond and tell me how they work It’s the only way people will be prompted to post when it’s a Dac day, for everything is so tidy and uncontroversial, although in this one there’s a question about 5dn.
Independent 8724 / Radian
We found it difficult to get started on the puzzle; it wasn’t until Joyce did her usual trick when she is stuck of looking at some of the last down clues that we … Read more >>
Independent 8723/Raich
The editor reverting to form today, giving us a gentle introduction to the week with a well-constructed and clearly-clued puzzle from Raich. Ideal for improving solvers and no doubt a pleasant stroll for … Read more >>