Independent

One of the reasons why I started blogging, and perhaps why my blogs might appear pedantically detailed to some readers, was that I wanted to help a couple of colleagues of mine who … Read more >>

Dac doing what Dac does best. This was a cracking crossword and I challenge anyone to find a bad (or even so-so) clue in this puzzle! Across 1 MODIFY – FIDO rev. in … Read more >>

Phew. This was hard. I laboured over it and only got there in the end after giving up at times and pressing Reveal. If I hadn’t I’d have been up all night and you would … Read more >>

Bonjour!  Slightly confused, since we had a Quixote last week and up till now he’s been fortnightly, with a range of other Indy setters giving us a Monday offering in between.  However, ours … Read more >>

Sorry, folks, with all the recent events in my life this last couple of weeks; including a trip to China plus a retinal operation last Friday, this has completely escaped my mind. I … Read more >>

One doesn’t expect an easy ride from Nimrod, and we didn’t get one here. For me this was another week of having a stab at it, then waiting until the following Saturday, and … Read more >>

Phi gave me a tougher than usual workout this morning, with some teasing wordplay and some more unusual items of vocabulary. There were new words for me as entries at 1, 5 and … Read more >>

It’s been ages since I landed an Anax, no doubt because his tough puzzles usually guarantee a Saturday slot! This was no exception. You can be pretty sure that you’re in for a … Read more >>

The usual outstanding crossword from Dac. Lovely smooth surfaces and so far as I can see nothing remotely controversial. Across 1 EMI(GRAN)T 6 FOSTER — 2 defs, one of which refers to Lord … Read more >>

Radian seems to be doing a French course today. . Bit of an oddity for our theme day, French words, dictionaries, Harry Potter and Tom Cruise. Oh and it’s a pangram of course, … Read more >>

Fairly typical puzzle from Quixote.      Not too difficult – solving time, 20 mins.     Enjoyed it. * = anagram ACROSS 1 PEDALO       ED (editor = journalist) in PAL (friend) O (round).       A boat … Read more >>

It’ll be interesting to hear how other solvers found this. It seemed to me to be a step up in difficulty and inventiveness for Crosophile and for Sundays in general. Either way, it … Read more >>

When I opened the paper on my blogging Saturday my heart sank. Anax popped up on Saturday only 2 weeks ago so I thought I might be spared. First pass I got 6. … Read more >>

I started solving this on late-night public transport after a few drinks and thought to myself that it seemed quite tough. Having re-visited it to finish it off this morning, I think it’s … Read more >>

The usual (although he is a fairly new contributor) good crossword from Klingsor. There is a nice range of clue-types and some of them are very clever. Maybe there is some Nina here but … Read more >>