Independent

This was my first blogging encounter with Nimrod for a long time – and is not one that I will forget in a hurry! A first perusal of the grid reveals that most … Read more >>

Crosophile is an Independent fixture on the last Wednesday of the month       I think there was a small theme running through today’s puzzle.  The middle row of unchecked letters spells … Read more >>

A nice crossword from Eimi today, with no evidence (to me, at any rate) of any football. All much more highbrow, connected as it is with 20ac’s 13ac. Across the unchecked letters at … Read more >>

A very enjoyable puzzle with a huge amount of wit and inventiveness. 18 and 22 could perhaps be described as classic “saucy postcard” Punk clues. Across 7. Put one’s foot down on fraud, … Read more >>

It’s been a while since I blogged a Raich puzzle on a Sunday, so this was a pleasant surprise. And a very pleasant puzzle it was too. It looks as though we have … Read more >>

First Indy Prize blog of the year brings me a Tyrus that is maybe not as hard as a traditional Tyrus puzzle. Solving this was quite fun, the answers falling in gradually, and a … Read more >>

This is my first Friday blog of 2014, so it is my first encounter of the year with Phi. I found this a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle, with three unfamiliar words at 4, 11 … Read more >>

Klingsor appears as an Independent setter about once a month and always produces interesting crosswords.       The first four across entries all begin with A but there doesn’t seem to be any … Read more >>

What more can we say? Actually, although this contains many of Dac’s trademark felicities, there are a couple of clues that struck me as just a little below the standard we have come … Read more >>

We were pretty sure that we had not blogged Kairos before. On checking. we found there have been 10 other puzzles from him in the Indy but 9 of them were in the … Read more >>

When you see Morph’s name on a puzzle, you know you’re going to have a few smiles when solving it.  No exception here: bit of cricket, bit of politics, bit of current affairs, … Read more >>

I think I may only once have blogged an eXternal puzzle, and goodness me, this one seemed very hard at first. The grid initially filled up very slowly, and from the bottom upwards. … Read more >>

My first blog of a new year crossword is a duel with Nestor A grid with lots of letters with little black space – just how I like them. And some lovely fun … Read more >>

A good crossword from Phi today.  If there was a Nina in the puzzle it has defeated me.       There are a number of words in today’s entry that are not … Read more >>

Much delay this morning I’m afraid. The crossword wouldn’t load because I apparently had too old a version of Java. So I updated that and the same thing happened. I spent ages trying to … Read more >>