Independent

Monk always puts us through our paces, and this week’s puzzle was no exception. I spent most of the week on this one, and in fact didn’t quite manage to finish it off … Read more >>

Another Phi-day to end the week! First of all though – Many thanks to PeeDee and Eileen who stood in for us while we were on holiday! We thought there may be a … Read more >>

Initally posted at 16:45 this blog started out as a very quick and basic one as Gaufrid has asked me to help in the apparent absence of the scheduled blogger. Now that I’ve got … Read more >>

Dac continues to produce high quality puzzles.       As ever, there were many well crafted clues with excellent misdirection.  I particularly liked the use of Ain’t Misbehavin‘ in 15 across.  Having … Read more >>

A crossword with a theme that will not be approved of by everyone, since 8/12 should in some people’ s views be written out of history, certainly not given unwarranted publicity. Not perhaps … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism I struggled to get into this pop culture-heavy offering and thought one or two of the clues were pretty tricky (especially 1 across). There … Read more >>

A reasonably gentle but very enjoyable offering from Hypnos with plenty of clue types on show and some nicely clued proper names. Favourite clue was 17A, which I only worked out as I … Read more >>

I always like puzzles by Tees and there was plenty to appreciate here: A wide range of clue devices, Offbeat references within suitable surfaces, Cheeky theme. There were a few obscurities that required looking … Read more >>

My turn for the Friday slot today, and it was no surprise to find Phi’s latest offering to sink my teeth into. Last time I crossed swords with Phi on a blogging day … Read more >>

Klingsor is a fairly regular contributor to the Independent series of daily crosswords.  He is known to have a strong interest in Wagner.  Today’s reference to Wagner occurred in the clue at 8 … Read more >>

As always on the last Wednesday of the month it’s Crosophile, who makes a good job of being a Dac equivalent. Roughly the same level of difficulty, and some nice clues. I have … Read more >>

This is only my second [I think] foray into Indy blogging territory – standing in for Bert and Joyce today. The Guardian is my puzzle of choice but, since discovering 15², I do … Read more >>

With apologies for its late appearance (see below), here’s my brief blog of Quixote’s puzzle today.  Another good’un from our regular Monday setter, but someone else will have to explain 21dn.     … Read more >>

The Independent crossword does not appear to want to come out to play this morning – all I get is an error message.  I will keep trying, and if that fails I will … Read more >>

I’m not familiar with the name “Noz”, and a trawl through the archives finds nothing, so I wonder if we have a brand new setter with us today. If that is the case, … Read more >>