2014 – Page 91 – Fifteensquared

Guardian Cryptic N° 26,162 by Brendan

Tue January 21, 2014 at 4:06 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26162.

Independent 8507/Morph

Mon January 20, 2014 at 8:56 pmMon January 20, 2014 at 4:06 pm by Pierre

When you see Morph’s name on a puzzle, you know you’re going to have a few smiles when solving it. No exception here: bit of cricket, bit of politics, bit of current affairs, … Read more >>

Guardian 26,161 / Rufus

Mon January 20, 2014 at 11:54 amMon January 20, 2014 at 9:50 am by Eileen

. Thank you, Rufus, for another typically genial introduction to the week Across 1 To fall back, a mistake made by soldiers (7) RELAPSE RE [soldiers] + LAPSE [mistake] 5 Sea mist represented … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 740/Hectence

Mon January 20, 2014 at 2:13 am by Pierre

I never really time myself when I’m doing a puzzle, but this Quiptic seemed to take a long time to nail down, which might mean it was trickier than it should have been. … Read more >>

Cyclops 512: Don’t mention M*****h!

Mon January 20, 2014 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

A pretty quick solve for me; though I admit that I got a bit stuck on 20a — not because it’s difficult, but because I didn’t expect it to be so simple and … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,247 by eXternal

Sun January 19, 2014 at 12:00 pm by Simon Harding

I think I may only once have blogged an eXternal puzzle, and goodness me, this one seemed very hard at first. The grid initially filled up very slowly, and from the bottom upwards. … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,245

Mon January 20, 2014 at 11:14 pmSun January 19, 2014 at 12:00 pm by Simon Harding

This was a strangely similar solving experience to last week, where I thought I’d finished without resorting to aids, only to find I’d stuffed one up. At 19 down I hadn’t been able … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,171 Plain

Sun January 19, 2014 at 10:26 amSun January 19, 2014 at 4:30 am by The Trafites

Nick: Some unusually unusual words this week from Azed, with several I did not know of – however a lot of these are clued rather easily with clear word play. I had to use … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3510 (12th January)

Sun January 19, 2014 at 4:15 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning happy solvers. It is good to be back. Fairly straight forward this week, in fact I enjoyed the solve very much. My favourite this week was 18ac, very good clue in … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 26,154 by Tramp

Sat January 18, 2014 at 2:39 pmSat January 18, 2014 at 11:54 am by PeeDee

Sorry for the late and very rushed blog which meant I had little time to savour this puzzle, just a mad rush to get the puzzle solved and written-up, including much cheating. Thank … Read more >>

Independent Crossword 8500 by Nestor (11-01-2014)

Sun January 19, 2014 at 8:13 pmSat January 18, 2014 at 12:02 am by twencelas

My first blog of a new year crossword is a duel with Nestor A grid with lots of letters with little black space – just how I like them. And some lovely fun … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No.1103 – Snapshot by Nod

Sat January 18, 2014 at 12:00 am by Mister Sting

Oh dear, a Playfair code-square. And the preamble says that there’s a four-word code phrase, which is going to greatly complicate things. An inauspicious start, so how are things going to work out?

Financial Times 14,522 by BRADMAN

Fri January 17, 2014 at 2:19 pm by Turbolegs

I was really floundering with this grid from Bradman – probably one of the longest times I have spent on an FT puzzle, peppered with words I didn’t know as well (e.g. 14ac, … Read more >>

Guardian 26,159 / Puck

Fri January 17, 2014 at 9:06 am by Eileen

It’s always a delight to find Puck’s name on a puzzle and this one certainly lived up to expectations. Some of the wordplay was characteristically tricky and there were several penny-dropping moments, producing … Read more >>

Independent 8505 / Phi

Fri May 11, 2018 at 12:11 pmFri January 17, 2014 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

A good crossword from Phi today. If there was a Nina in the puzzle it has defeated me. There are a number of words in today’s entry that are not … Read more >>