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It is Friday today so, in the absence of any special occasion calling for a commemorative puzzle, it must be a Phi-day! I took longer over this one than I do over the … Read more >>

In the midst of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations it seems only fitting that we should be marking a landmark of our own: a cruciverbal milestone, namely the publication today of the eight-thousandth Independent … Read more >>

As it is the last Wednesday of the month, one would expect to find Crosophile standing in for Dac. I found this puzzle hard to get into, perhaps because, as I realised today, … Read more >>

I always know there’s a good chance of a puzzle by Nestor when I have the Thursday blogging slot, and so it was today. I really plodded through what was an excellent puzzle … Read more >>

It’s Friday today so one is not surprised to find an example of Phi’s work to grapple with over breakfast. This was a puzzle of two halves for me in that I filled … Read more >>

You can never be sure whose puzzle you’ll get as the Tuesday blogger, and I knew I was in for a challenge, and a lot of fun, when I saw it was Anax … Read more >>

It’s Wednesday today, and not the last Wednesday in the month, so it ought to be a Dac puzzle today, and indeed it is! I struggled more with this one than I normally … Read more >>

My Thursday slot often presents me with a puzzle by Nestor and today was one such day. For me at least, this puzzle fell into place more easily than some earlier Nestor puzzles … Read more >>

It’s Friday, so it’s a puzzle by Phi, as you might expect. I found this one tougher than the average Phi crossword overall, despite filling in 1A and 1D instantly and thinking it … Read more >>

The pleasure and challenge of blogging an Anax had not fallen to me in a good long while, so I was excited this morning when I first set eyes on the grid. However, … Read more >>

It’s Wednesday today, so it’s that time of the week that more often than not sees a Dac puzzle in the Indy. I made steady progress through this puzzle until I reached the … Read more >>

My one-in-every-four Thursday slot has thrown up a Nestor several times recently, and I am certainly not complaining! With Nestor, you know that you have a challenge on your hands, but you also … Read more >>

Plenty to get one’s teeth into this morning, since this grid, new to me, accommodates a large number of words, including a noticeably high proportion of short entries of 3-5 letters. There were … Read more >>

Although I am familiar with Radian’s work from this and other publications as a solver, this is the first time I have blogged a puzzle of his for the Indy. It was clear … Read more >>

A(nother) tidy set of exquisitely sound clues today from Dac, through which I worked more quickly than is usual for me with one of his puzzles. I needed Wikipedia to confirm that 13 … Read more >>