Independent

A mixture of nice &lits and a few venerable old chestnuts (like 22 and 25) from Quixote. It was mostly on the easy side, although one or two like the superbly deceiving 16 … Read more >>

Can’t remember seeing a Nitsy puzzle for ages.  Took me a while to get into it, mainly because I hadn’t done one of his for a long time and I always take a … Read more >>

An interesting themed puzzle from Scorpion, our only quibble being that the four 3-letter gateway clues were perhaps a little too easy? However, having solved them very quickly (and having checked that our … Read more >>

The usual nice crossword from Phi, with plenty of the good clues you expect from him. Sorry this is a bit late, which it is for two reasons: although yesterday all was in … Read more >>

As it is a Thursday, we were expecting a challenge. However, we found this to be less tricky than your average Thursday indy puzzle. We did need to resort to an electronic search … Read more >>

I was expecting to see Dac occupying his regular Wednesday slot this morning, and there he was with his latest offering. I found this a harder-than-average Dac. Despite having solved a handful of … Read more >>

Alchemi seems to be a ‘once a month’ contributor to Independent Daily crosswords at the moment.       I really enjoyed this as a challenge to identify all the historical leaders clued … Read more >>

Someone was remarking the other week that we hadn’t seen an eimi puzzle for ages.  This was a good ‘un, but those sleepwalking into it and expecting the usual easyish Monday morning fare … Read more >>

The trickiest IoS I’ve blogged for a bit.  Poins has given us a well-constructed, but tough-in-places puzzle this morning.  Among the solutions, there was one word I vaguely knew and one that I … Read more >>

This was one of the first Monk puzzles that I’ve come close to solving without recourse to the cheat button, though cleverly having recycled the paper and therefore my notes in the days … Read more >>

We always look forward to our Friday solve and blog! Our first one in was 9ac and it really brought a smile to our faces. We thought there may be a nina when … Read more >>

It is Thursday today, a slot that is traditionally occupied by any one of a pool of compilers, and this time it is occupied by Anax. Whenever you see a crossword signed Anax, … Read more >>

This was another crossword showing the high standards we have come to expect from Dac.       I thiught there were lots of good clues today, too many for me to mention … Read more >>

Puzzles with a lot of cross-referencing are not my favourite, but in this case the gateway clue was very easily solved. Then it was simply a matter of Googling this person and getting … Read more >>

Back home in the Indy with regular Monday man Quixote, feels rather like Autumn this morning. Some nice long anagrams in a generally accessable crossword. Across 1 HEADSMAN Fellow to give others the … Read more >>