Independent

Today has seen the latest of my many tussles with Nestor’s puzzles on a blogging day. My apologies if the blog seems a little cursory today: I was away from home until late … Read more >>

After a week off, Dac returns to the Wednesday Independent slot with another high quality set of clues which read very smoothly.       It’s always difficult to pick out a favourite Dac … Read more >>

A new setter today, at least I’ve never heard the name before. Some of the clues would perhaps be more comfortable in one of the other newspapers blogged on this site, but many … Read more >>

Eimi has arisen from the player-manager’s seat in the dug-out, from where he normally barks instructions at his team, and donned his setting shirt to provide us with the Indy puzzle today.  As … Read more >>

Sorry for the tardy appearance of this post but I only heard a short while ago that the scheduled blogger is away and has no internet access. Fortunately I had twenty minutes to … Read more >>

There may have been an involuntary “oh crikey” emitted when I opened the paper to discover I’d drawn a Bannsider to blog. In the event this wasn’t as hard as it might have … Read more >>

Owing to a change in the scheduling a few weeks back, it had not fallen to me to blog a Phi puzzle for quite some time, although it was on the cards for … Read more >>

Scorpion is an occasional contributor to daily Independent puzzles, probably about once a month.       When I solved this I noticed what I thought was a high number of entries ending … Read more >>

As I, and also it seems several others, like, one can solve this straight, without having to concern ourselves with whatever Nina may be there. The clues are good and there is a … Read more >>

We found this a really enjoyable, and not too difficult, Tuesday puzzle, with a ‘hidden’ theme that really only revealed itself as we followed up the connection between 20A/18A and 2D/7A. Whilst we had … Read more >>

Pleasing puzzle in the usual Quixote style, all accessible and clear, quite easy, I thought, solving time, 17 mins * = anagram ACROSS 1 SLEEPY    lee in spy 4 RAMBLING    ram b (born)  … Read more >>

Apologies for the tardy post, and thanks to Gaufrid for the welcome prod in the right direction! Quite a tough solve, this one, I thought, though to help us there’s a nice Battle … Read more >>

Nimrod has put on his fedora, strapped his bullwhip to his belt, stuffed a revolver in his shirt and gone on an archeological adventure in Chambers. And we had to follow in his … Read more >>

This was an entertaining puzzle from Phi with many clues leading to wordplay constructed from several parts.       I particularly enjoyed the clue to HERTFORD COLLEGE which I reckon had six constituent … Read more >>

Tees has produced a very good crossword today. Not always particularly easy, but utterly sound so far as I can see, sometimes very clever, and with few points that will elicit controversy. At least that’s … Read more >>