Independent

After drawing a long run of Sunday Hypnos puzzles, I thought I must have got my calendar in a twist when I opened the paper to find a puzzle from our old friend … Read more >>

Oh here we go – a new setter – straight in at the prize slot – we’re in trouble now. Bound to be someone as tricky as a troop of tamarins, keen to challenge … Read more >>

Phi continues to tease us on Fridays with fair clues that often put a smile on one’s face when the penny drops.       A good mix of general knowledge was required … Read more >>

Another outstanding crossword from Anax — difficult of course and if I hadn’t been doing the blog and had been struggling on paper, without the kick start provided by the cheating buttons online, … Read more >>

Another Wednesday, another Dac. Lovely surfaces, good clueing, what more can you say? Well, actually there is something! We’re not happy about 17d – there seems to be a misplaced apostrophe! Across 1 … Read more >>

Radian has served up one of his characteristic themed puzzles for this week’s Tuesday slot. I found this a medium-difficulty Radian crossword, with fairly accessible gateway clues, but with enough intricate cross references … Read more >>

*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone I breezed through most of this but then got stuck on a couple of clues, which took me a long while … Read more >>

Poins must be getting fed up with landing me as the blogger for his Sunday puzzles.  We seem to have been bumping into each other a lot recently.  But I don’t mind at … Read more >>

A second consecutive Tyrus blog for me Certainly up to his usual high standard. The 14/16 double being the most elegant clue of a fine bunch. Three homonyms in the puzzle 9ac, 12ac … Read more >>

A typically pleasant crossword from Phi on a Friday. There is no doubt some subtle Nina, but, as usual with me and Phi (actually most other people as well), I can’t see it. … Read more >>

When we saw that it is Punk today, we knew we were in for an enjoyable challenge – and we weren’t disappointed. We were slightly surprised that several of the clues – particularly the … Read more >>

Once again, Dac is responsible for the Wednesday cruciverbal challenge this week. I found this an easier-than-average Dac solve, and made steady progress through the puzzle from start to finish. 2, 3 and … Read more >>

Tuesday’s Independent puzzles tend to be more difficult than most other days.  I felt that Scorpion’s puzzle today was a good Tuesday puzzle       Even though I realised fairly early on … Read more >>

My first time blogging a puzzle from eXternal.  Tricky in places is the executive summary here, I think.  Some inventive cluing; just one or two I didn’t like that much.  Overall a very … Read more >>

Another IoS which required more than one sitting to complete.  I’m beginning to think that the IoS average difficulty has been raised a notch or two (or I’m losing it?).  Thanks to Kairos.  … Read more >>