Independent 8470 / Phi
Another Phi-day or Friday and another puzzle with no complaints, as far as we are concerned, apart from 12d. There were a few obscure words in the completed grid which left us wondering! … Read more >>
Never knowingly undersolved
Another Phi-day or Friday and another puzzle with no complaints, as far as we are concerned, apart from 12d. There were a few obscure words in the completed grid which left us wondering! … Read more >>
As soon as we saw it was Bannsider today, we knew we were in for a tricky challenge – and we were right! The theme was fairly obvious (and predictable!) from the first … Read more >>
Christmas has come early in the Bertandjoyce household today – a Donk puzzle to blog at last! His first puzzle appeared on Saturday Oct 20th 2012 and since then we’ve had another 3 … Read more >>
Another excellently crafted puzzle from Dac today. As usual, the surface readings are all good. We’d never come across the solution to 6d before – the author is not one of our … Read more >>
There’s always a sense of expectation and trepidation when it comes round to blogging on Thursdays – at least for us that is! When we saw that it was Nimrod we knew that … Read more >>
It’s Phiday again! We always look forward to blogging Phi’s Friday offerings, but unfortunately we didn’t enjoy this one as much as we had hoped. We can’t quite put a finger on the … Read more >>
Our first thoughts when we saw the grid were not that favourable! The fact that each corner was somewhat isolated from the others is not something that we particularly like and also there … Read more >>
We found this puzzle difficult to get into. We filled in about half of the grid one evening and then picked it up afresh the next morning and were surprised at how many … Read more >>
It’s really difficult to know what to say in the preamble for Dac’s puzzles. They always have smooth surfaces and well-constructed clues but there is rarely anything ‘out of the ordinary’ that demands … Read more >>
Thanks Punk, this was fun! There were fewer clues to solve than usual but there were some long answers that took a bit of head scratching to sort out. (Thanks and apologies to the … Read more >>
For anyone surprised to find a Tees puzzle on a Phiday, please have a look at yesterday’s blog. Posa turns out to be Phi in disguise!! This was an enjoyable solve, with several … Read more >>
We found this a tricky solve. However, having completed it (without electronic assistance), we realised that most of the clues were perfectly fair – it was just that some of the definitions were … Read more >>
An interesting themed puzzle from Scorpion, our only quibble being that the four 3-letter gateway clues were perhaps a little too easy? However, having solved them very quickly (and having checked that our … Read more >>
As it is a Thursday, we were expecting a challenge. However, we found this to be less tricky than your average Thursday indy puzzle. We did need to resort to an electronic search … Read more >>
We always look forward to our Friday solve and blog! Our first one in was 9ac and it really brought a smile to our faces. We thought there may be a nina when … Read more >>