Independent

Independent 9,304 by Hob

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For some reason I didn’t really enjoy this a lot, although I can’t explain why: it is all reasonably sound and there are some quite good clues. It just seems a little clunky: few of the surfaces read very well; indeed, it is hard to think what some of them mean. And the clues are on the long side.

Perhaps it was just that it was rather difficult.

Apologies for the delay: as you may be aware, the site was inaccessible earlier this morning.

Definitions underlined and in maroon. (Something seems to have gone wrong: that was the intention, but in fact the definitions are in black and the answers are in maroon.)

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Independent 9,303 by Punk

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An enjoyable puzzle from one of the few remaining Indy regulars from before the paper’s decline.   There seemed to be a bit of theme in the clues with lots of words which rhyme with Punk e.g. hunk, spunk, trunk.   Not sure if there is anything beyond that.

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Independent 9,299 by Daedalus

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This is the first time that it has fallen to me to blog a crossword by Daedalus. The crossword Who’s Who says that his or her debut puzzle appeared only recently in the Independent. I looked back at what people had said and the reception seemed to be less than totally enthusiastic, but either Daedalus is learning or my standards are low (surely not!) because I found this to be a very pleasant solve with nothing there to encourage my Zoilist tendencies. Not totally easy — I see that I took rather a long time to solve it, but that’s just me I think.

Definitions underlined and in maroon.

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