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Independent: newspaper

I’m making a distinction between the Monday-to-Saturday Independent newspaper crossword and its sibling that originated in the magazine that accompanies the Saturday edition.  The two are very different beasts.  If you look at the page on Types of crossword, the Saturday magazine puzzle is a Thematic while the ones accessible from this page are standard blocked crosswords.

I’ve set over 1,500 puzzles for the Independent daily slot, so there are plenty for me to choose from.  I’ll identify them by number in the series and date of publication.  The order they appear here will probably not be chronological at the detailed level, though I hope that overall I’ll move forward in time quite steadily.   (Later: An aspiration almost instantly dashed by the 18-year gap between the second and third on the list…I gave up credibility for Lent, you see.)

The latest Independent cryptic crossword can be accessed here.

1033 (3 February, 1990)

1159 (30 June, 1990)

6800 (1 August, 2008)

7613 (11 March, 2011)

1522 (31 August, 1991)

7835 (25 November, 2011)

6612 (26 December, 2007)

5751 (24 March, 2005)

2708 (23 June, 1995)

5771 (16 April, 2005)

3366 (1 August, 1997)

5093 (13 February, 2003)

8081 (7 September, 2012)

8248 (22 March, 2013)

5142 (11 April, 2003)

7085 (21 October, 2011)

5986 (23 December, 2005)

6160 (14 July, 2006)

1390 (30 March, 1991)

2080 (19 June, 1993)

3807 (31 December, 1998)

3564 (21 March, 1998)

7721 (15 July, 2011)

7548 (24 December, 2010)

7658 (3 May, 2011)

i667 (30 March 2013)

8296 (17 May, 2013)

8314 (7 June 2013)

8846 (20 February 2015)

8882 (3 April 2015)

8787 (12 December 2015)

8129 (2 November 2012)

7853 (16 December 2011)

8607 (16 May 2014)

7811 (28 November 2011)

2942 (23 March 1996)

9319 (26 August, 2016)

9295 (29 July, 2016)

9906 (13 July, 2018)

10,097 (10 February, 2019)

10,000 (31 October, 2018)

6,908 (5 December, 2008)

6914 (12 December, 2008)

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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.

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