Phi Crosswords

phionline.net.nz

  • About me
  • Types of cryptic crossword
    • Solving crosswords
    • Outlets
  • APEX Crosswords
  • My other puzzles
    • BBC Music Magazine crosswords
    • Beelzebub Crosswords
    • Church Times puzzles
    • Enigmatic Variations
    • The European crossword
    • Independent Inquisitor
    • Independent: newspaper
    • Jumbos
    • Magpie
    • Other puzzles
  • Setter’s blogs
  • Book Reviews
  • Cats

Independent 1557 solution

In copying this out for the site, I found I wasn’t terribly pleased with it.  There was at least one clue I was sure I would never have written.  On further inspection, that particular example proved to be an editorial intervention, but there remained several clues I would have to own up to rather sheepishly.  Nothing absolutely dreadful, but just a bit plodding, perhaps.

ACROSS

1              CHANGE OF HEART; implied anag.

10           ARRESTS; RA (rev.) + rest + S

11           REDDISH; re d-dish

12           STONY; hidden rev.

13           SPOT CHECK; tops (rev.) + check

14           ODIUM; (s)odium

16           HAIRINESS; n in anag.

18/3/26 SOMETHING NASTY IN THE WOODSHED;

19           EXUDE; ex + anag.

20           NULLIPARA; hidden rev.

23           CAPER; PE in car

24           ADMIRAL; anag. – ne

25           OCARINA; anag. – l,l

DOWN

2              HARMONIUM; anag. in hum

4              EASES; (C)eases

5              FARROWING; far rowing

6              ENDOCRINE; anag. + in e

7              RAISE; a is in RE

8              PASSION SUNDAY; anag. + ay

9              SHAKESPEAREAN; anag. + anag. + an

15           MATRIARCH; tria(l) in march

16           HEIR-AT-LAW; rat in anag.

17           EQUIPOISE; equip Oise

21           LEMON; hidden

22           AB OVO; abov(e) O

23           CRASS; cr. ass
Creative Commons Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Share
Tweet
Pin

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Phi RSS feed

  • RSS - Posts

About me

This is the website of Paul Henderson, who sets crosswords for The Independent (London) under the pseudonyms Phi, for the Daily Telegraph (London) under the pseudonym Kcit, and anonymously for The Times (London) amongst many other outlets. For a more detailed biography see the About Me page.

Blogroll

  • Alberich Crosswords
  • Alchemi's puzzles
  • Anax Crosswords
  • Azed slip
  • Big Dave's Crossword Blog
  • Boatman Cryptics
  • Crossword centenary
  • Crossword Centre
  • Crossword Club
  • Crossword Unclued
  • CrosswordMan: Crossword construction software
  • Crosswords by Hasslethymi
  • Fifteensquared
  • George vs The Listener crossword
  • Guardian Crosswords
  • Hoskins Crossword
  • idothei
  • Independent Crosswords
  • Listen with Others
  • Listener Crossword
  • Magpie Crossword Magazine
  • One Across
  • Peter's Cryptic Crossword Corner
  • Telegraph Crosswords
  • The Stickler Weekly
  • Times Crossword Club
  • Times for the Times

Comments

  • Erin on And Happy New Year
  • Brock on Enigmatic Variations – the next stage
  • Erin on 10/10/2020
  • Erin on Rebranding
  • Erin on Enigmatic Variations – the next stage

Copyright © 2021 · Beautiful Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in