Independent – Page 8 – Fifteensquared

Independent 8900 / Alchemi

April 24, 2015 at 8:07 am by Bertandjoyce

Well, it�s not Phiday this week!! But it is a 200th anniversary which Alchemi is celebrating in this puzzle. We haven�t blogged …

Independent 8,899 / Klingsor

April 23, 2015 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

I last blogged a puzzle by Klingsor in February after a very long break, so I was pleased to see that I …

Independent 8898 / Dac

April 22, 2015 at 7:30 am by Admin

It’s mid month, it’s a Wednesday, it’s going to be a puzzle from Dac. There were a couple of …

What has caused Phi to move from his customary Friday�slot? No doubt on Friday it will be the anniversary of something.�But what? the Iranian US Embassy Hostage crisis (1980)? Probably not. The launch of the Hubble Space telescope (1990)? More likely, but Phi himself would have been very suitable for that. Lots more possibilities, but no doubt it will be something that Google isn’t pointing us towards, like the anniversary of some pop singer doing something.

Whatever the reason, we have the usual Friday excellence here. Nothing dodgy (or even untrustworthy) here.

Independent 8,896 by Bucko

April 20, 2015 at 8:08 am by flashling

Bucko’s third outing in the Indy and first time for my shift.

Independent 1,312 by Hypnos

April 19, 2015 at 12:03 am by Admin

Super puzzle. �Hypnos manages to produce a straightforward puzzle (which seems to be the remit for the Sunday slot) that is also interesting and fun to solve all the way through. �Thanks Hypnos.

Independent Crossword 8889 by Morph (11-04-2015)

April 18, 2015 at 12:01 am by twencelas

Well exactly 50 years after I exitted the womb I have a little tussle with Morph to deal with. Hopefully a little …

Independent 8,894 / Phi

April 17, 2015 at 7:03 am by RatkojaRiku

Independent 8,894 / Phi Phi�s latest offering awaited solvers this Friday morning, as one might have expected. I thought that this was …

Independent 8893 / Nestor

April 16, 2015 at 7:30 am by Admin

Nestor is an irregular contributor to the Independent weekday series. He is more often seen at weekends. This was …

Independent 8,892 by Dac

April 15, 2015 at 10:06 am by Admin

The usual thing: every clue has a silky-smooth surface that never compromises the parsing. I thought this was on the hard side for a Dac and it took me some while to understand one or two, particularly 23ac, which I almost gave up on, but my parsing is I think what he intended, although perhaps it is on the edge compared with Dac’s usual.

Independent 8891 / Crosophile

April 14, 2015 at 8:04 am by Bertandjoyce

Crosophile appears once a month but doesn�t have a regular slot in the week, unlike other some other compilers. His last puzzle …

Independent 8890 by Monk

April 13, 2015 at 9:00 am by NealH

*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone I finished most of this quite quickly but then took …

Independent on Sunday 1,311 by Poins

April 12, 2015 at 9:30 am by Simon Harris

The usual high quality, enjoyable puzzle from Poins, if perhaps a little tougher than some, at least for me. The crossing 11 …

Independent 8883 by Tees (Saturday Prize Puzzle 4 April 2015)

April 11, 2015 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

An interesting mental tussle with Tees – with a variety of cultural references, from a South African golfer to Dante, via�the slopes …

Independent 8888 / Phi

April 10, 2015 at 7:30 am by Admin

There was one entry I haven’t come across before, but otherwise everything else covered reasonably common words or phrases. …