Raich is a fairly prolific, and long-standing, Indy and IOS setter, but this is the first of his Indys I have blogged - although I did cover a couple of his Enigmatic Variations barred/thematic puzzles, way back in 2011 and beyond!
Independent
Duncan – Phi
Phi gives us a good challenge to end the working week (if there is such a standard thing these days) …
Paul’s Utility (Serpent)
Very entertaining to both solve and blog. Thank you Serpent. ACROSS 1 AMICABLE Good-natured question politician once asked himself (8) AM …
Independent 10,376 by Crosophile
It’s been a while since I’ve known in advance that I am going to be blogging a daily cryptic so this makes …
Independent 10,572/Bluth
It’s Bank Holiday Monday, it’s not beach weather, and if you’re not quarantined and do venture out you’ll have to understand/obey/lose patience …
Independent on Sunday 1592 Hoskins
Thank you to Hoskins. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 6. Take Scottish leader’s temperature for doc (7) SURGEON : “T”(symbol …
Independent 10,571 by Hob
This one kept me wondering for some time about what was going on. I assumed it was one theme for most of …
Independent 10,570 / Phi
Phi’s puzzle takes us nicely into the Bank Holiday weekend. I found this to be an enjoyable medium-difficulty puzzle through which I …
Independent 10569 / Klingsor
Klingsor is one of the less frequent setters in the Independent daily series. I blogged his last puzzle in June where I see …
Independent 10,568 by Tees
Tees is very much a regular in The Indy nowadays but usually appears on a Monday, so this is a rare meeting. …
Independent 10,567 by Wiglaf
Wiglaf fills the Tuesday slot this week – we’re on the look-out for a theme …. but we needed a fair bit …
Independent 10,566 by Gila
Quite a tricky puzzle today, but an enjoyable one. I think the trickiness comes mainly from some tenuous definitions (mentioned in the …
Independent on Sunday 1,591 by Nitsy
A gentle puzzle, and an enjoyable one. Thank you Nitsy. ACROSS 1 VERY Each head’s scratched fiercely (4) eVERY (each) with …
Independent 10,565 by Morph
A puzzle from Morph – a guarantee of some fun. A quirky puzzle as I expected. 6ac had me in stitches from …
Independent 10564 / Phi
Phi is in his usual Friday slot this week It wasn’t until I nearly finished the blog and was …