Comments on: Independent 6272/Dac – easy but nice

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neildubya — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:12:14 +0000

I completely agree with Peter. The Indie crossword is way out in front right now.

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petebiddlecombe — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:33:19 +0000

I changed a couple of months ago from doing Times and Guardian every day and Indie on Sat, to Times and Indie with the Guardian as a Sat-only extra. I miss some of the Guardian setters, esp. those not available in Times or Indie, but so far the Indie hardly ever serves up a puzzle I’m unimpressed by. I was getting to the point in the Guardian where rather unfairly to some of their setters, I’d only bother with my favourite half dozen or so. So for me, it was time for a change. The real test of the Indie will be whether I’m still doing their puzzle every day in a decade or two…

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loubert — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:39:10 +0000

So, with a few obvious exceptions – some of whom set for both papers – would we be in agreement that the Independent is generally the better of the two crosswords these days?

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tilsit — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:40:35 +0000

Dac has a really nice cluing style that fits well with the Indy – nice contemporary references with a little humour and a pleasant challenge.

Unlike the Guardian’s Chifonie, whom I find dour and a hark back to the puzzles of Lavengro and so on in the 80′s. No real feeling of satifaction when you finish it.

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nmsindy — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:30:56 +0000

Yes, this was excellent as usual from Dac. Though I did not solve any acrosses on first reading, the downs were easier, and I finished in 19 mins , about average for me for Dac. Always a pleasure to work out a new word just from the wordplay as I did with CROUSTADE.