Comments on: Independent crosswords now online

By: stilt

stilt — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:30:44 +0000

Marvelous stuff. A shame the setter isn’t named, though. I don’t mind for myself–it’s easy enough to check who it is here if it’s not already obvious–but surely they deserve the credit (and with the Indie it almost always is “credit” rather than “blame”).

By: ilancaron

ilancaron — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:47:59 +0000

Very nice initiative! Also good choice of crossword software (much better to license something tried and true rather than rolling your own in this case).

By: muck

muck — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:55:58 +0000

I know the Independent cryptic puzzle has a good reputation. Some say it’s better then the Guardian, which I pay to download when away from home. However, I would only enjoy a print version.

By: eimi

eimi — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:20:43 +0000

I’m afraid I don’t get to decide the format. I went to the Indy in June last year to make a case for making the crosswords available online, and the reveal letter and reveal word buttons were included at my suggestion, because I thought it would encourage solvers, sometimes giving them the added help they need to finish a puzzle, but ultimately someone else will decide the format.

I’m glad they can now be accessed by a wider audience, as I think they’re of a very high standard (I would say that, of course), but someone somewhere will have to do a bit of number crunching to decide whether it’s commercially viable to make them available free of charge on a permanent basis and in what format.

By: Testy

Testy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:49:04 +0000

As I mentioned elsewhere, this is great news.

I guess I will have to try not to look at the answers on this site until after I’ve tackled the crossword the following day.

Question for Eimi:

Will you be adding the ability to print the crossword at some point?