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Independent 7229/Dac

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As always Dac’s clues are simple and elegant and have lovely surfaces. Time after time the immediate reaction is to say how lucky he’s been that everything has fallen out so neatly. But … Read more >>

Independent 7227 by Hypnos

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism Reasonably challenging in parts with a good mixture of clue types. The clues were mostly solid rather than inspiring, although there were a few … Read more >>

Independent 7,225/Phi

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An interesting one this. I only solved one or two clues on my first pass and had no idea what the theme might be. As the grid started to fill up, I spotted … Read more >>

Independent 7224 by Mordred

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Thursday is usually the toughest midweek day in the Indy.   This was hard, but not exceptionally so, 35 mins.    Top half easier than bottom half.   Very enjoyable puzzle with some intricate wordplay and … Read more >>

Independent 7,223 by Dac

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I found this mostly quite straightforward, with lots of double definitions and simple charades. Still the final four took about as long as the rest put together. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, … Read more >>

Independent 7222/Punk

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Punk has clearly been very clever getting all those 13 24s in, but unfortunately I’m not the person to appreciate all his subtleties. Most of this seemed very good, but the odd one … Read more >>

Independent 7221 by Eimi

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*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism Eimi indicated that this puzzle would be a little easier than last Monday’s Radian and so it proved. However, if I’d looked at the … Read more >>