It hardly seems like yesterday (Oct 2018 actually) that the Indy was tipping over the 10,000 mark, and here are at just under 10,500…tempus fugit. A quick start, slow middle and chewy end from Monk today, at least from your blogger’s perspective…
Independent
Independent 10,498 / Phi
Phi is occupying his customary Friday slot this week. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle and made steady progress through …
Independent 10497 / Klingsor
Klingsor is a fairly regular setter of Indie puzzles who often includes musical allusions in the clues. We were …
Independent 10,496 by Filbert
With Dac we became used to Wednesdays being a fairly gentle day, and the gentleness continued after his death. Eimi evidently wants …
Independent 10,495 by Vigo
Having waited for over a year for the pleasure of blogging Vigo’s most recent puzzle, we’ve hit the jackpot again with today’s! …
Independent 10,494 by Shabbo
I think this is Shabbo’s first appearance in the Independent, or in any of the papers covered by Fifteensquared. Always good to …
Independent on Sunday 1314/Kairos
Top puzzle, this one, imho. There’s one I can’t parse, though. Kairos has got the knack of what most folk …
Independent 8,901 by Nimrod (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 25/04/15)
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, Nimrod is something of a long-term nemesis of mine, having regularly made my life difficult back …
Independent 8,906 by Phi
As usual an enjoyable and sound crossword from Dac Phi (my apologies for calling Phi Dac — I have a suspicion that this isn’t the first time I’ve done this. Well they do both have three letters in their name. I must cure my Dac-obsession.). I found it a bit tricky in places, but once a clue had been solved, there seemed to be no reason for the difficulty. Many of these answers are so neat that they can be explained in a single short expression.
Independent 8905 / Hob
An intriguing puzzle from Hob today. It was only when writing up the blog that we realised there was a …
Independent 8,904 / Quixote
Today sees a rare Wednesday outing for Quixote and a rare opportunity for me to blog a sample of his work. I …
Independent 8903 / Tees
Tees makes his monthly appearance today. There was a clear theme today with the many references to Margaret (MAGGIE) …
Independent 8902/Commoner
Perhaps not my favourite ever Commoner puzzle. Not a bad crossword by any means, but almost half the clues made use of …
Independent on Sunday 1313 Raich
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to …
Independent Sat 18-Apr-2015 8865 Anax
When I saw the name Anax I thought I was going to be in for a rough ride. It meant I approached …