Independent

So it’s Crosophile for me today. I found this mostly straightforward with no obvious Ninas or other setter games being played which is a relief after last week’s Tees. .   Across: 1 … Read more >>

My apologies for a later than normal post: I have just returned home from a holiday and dug out my laptop. I had only previously blogged one puzzle by Scorpion before today, a … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism Morph is becoming almost as regular on Mondays as Quixote and the clues are always of a high standard with good, often very topical … Read more >>

A tricky one this week from Nestor, with a good use of different vocabulary to direct or mis-direct the solver. I found this quite a slog – an enjoyable 27 clues, picked off … Read more >>

As always a nice solving experience from Phi. My heart tends to sink when I see that many of the clues refer to some other clue: one is always slow to get started and … Read more >>

Three cheers for Tees today. I’m back after my week off here setting off a few fireworks and many thanks to Eileen for covering for me. . Well a remarkable crossword today – … Read more >>

With Dac as the mastermind behind today’s puzzle, highly sound clues with smooth-as-silk surface readings were bound to be the order of the day, and Dac did not disappoint. Overall, I very much … Read more >>

Another great puzzle from one half of the Indy’s ‘John H’ setting team (I’m assuming there are no others!) I figured out the novel at 11A from the letters, but having never read … Read more >>

I found this a pretty straightforward and enjoyable puzzle from The Don in his fortnightly Indy slot.  A good one for less experienced solvers, I think; for this reason I’ve tried to give … Read more >>

A bit of a mixed bag from Poins — all clues are sound, but some are very simple indeed, while some (25a, 26d, for example) have more deceptive wordplay and were much more … Read more >>

A veritable tour de force from Anax, on my first opportunity to blog one of his puzzles. After filling in my first five or six solves – including a laugh-out-loud moment with 5D – I twigged … Read more >>

My first blog of an Indy puzzle – as a one-off substitute for flashling, who’s been away setting off spectacular fireworks. I know to expect a Nina or theme from Phi and the … Read more >>

When you have a Nimrod puzzle to solve or to blog, you know you are in for a challenge, and true to form, he has not disappointed today. For me, more so with … Read more >>

Lovely stuff as always from Dac, with the full range of clue types on show and elegant surfaces. It’s rare to have any problems with Dac, but I needed some help from the … Read more >>

There was a time when Monk’s crosswords were the ones I anticipated most eagerly of all. Which suggests that I am lukewarm about this one: not the case; it was easier than his … Read more >>