Fifteensquared – Page 1028 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian 26,546 – Pasquale

Wed April 15, 2015 at 7:37 am by Andrew

This started off seeming quite a gentle ride by Pasquale standards, but I got a bit held up on the left-hand side by what I think is a rather unsatisfactory clue for 1d. … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1380: Serpent Is as Serpent Does by Serpent

Thu April 16, 2015 at 2:26 pmWed April 15, 2015 at 12:01 am by HolyGhost

Serpent slithers into view – venomous? We’ll see. Preamble: Solvers must determine how to enter the answers to across clues, listed in alphabetical order of their (equal-length) answers. Taken in clue order, … Read more >>

Guardian 26,545 by Nutmeg

Tue April 14, 2015 at 10:10 amTue April 14, 2015 at 8:34 am by flashling

A bright sunny morning brings Nutmeg, who can be quite a tricksy setter to unravel.

Independent 8891 / Crosophile

Tue April 14, 2015 at 8:04 am by Bertandjoyce

Crosophile appears once a month but doesn’t have a regular slot in the week, unlike other some other compilers. His last puzzle which we also blogged, seemed to divide opinion but we don’t … Read more >>

Financial Times 14904 Neo

Tue April 14, 2015 at 11:00 amTue April 14, 2015 at 4:52 am by scchua

(Work in progress: Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) A Neo on … Read more >>

Financial Times 14904 with Picture Quiz

Tue April 14, 2015 at 11:01 amTue April 14, 2015 at 3:58 am by scchua

(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) A Neo on the lenient side. Thanks to Neo. Definitions are underlined in the … Read more >>

Guardian 26,544 by Rufus

Tue April 14, 2015 at 12:24 amMon April 13, 2015 at 12:26 pm by PeterO

My apologies for the late arrival of this blog. The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26544

Guardian Quiptic 804/Hectence

Mon April 13, 2015 at 9:24 am by Pierre

I’m usually a big fan of her Quiptics, but Hectence has given us an over-complicated one here, I fancy. The grid didn’t help. Anyway, over to you. Abbreviations cd cryptic … Read more >>

Independent 8890 by Monk

Mon April 13, 2015 at 9:00 am by NealH

*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone I finished most of this quite quickly but then took a while winkling out the last few clues such as 14 … Read more >>

Cyclops 544: Who is Silvio?

Wed April 15, 2015 at 8:06 amMon April 13, 2015 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

A very straightforward Cyclops for me — an easy solve, with no clue holding me up for long. I’ve been writing the blog on a grey, damp, cold and gloomy Sunday afternoon, while … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,311 by Poins

Sun April 12, 2015 at 9:30 am by Simon Harding

The usual high quality, enjoyable puzzle from Poins, if perhaps a little tougher than some, at least for me. The crossing 11 down and 16 across were last in: not being in any … Read more >>

Everyman 3,574

Sun April 12, 2015 at 11:43 amSun April 12, 2015 at 6:36 am by flashling

It’s Sunday and my shift at the Everyman wheel.

Beelzebub 1309

Sun April 12, 2015 at 1:00 am by Gaufrid

I thought I was going to be in for another early finish when the NW, followed by the SW, quadrants went in quite quickly but then the NE took a little longer and … Read more >>

Azed 2235

Sun April 12, 2015 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

Given that this puzzle was published on Easter Sunday I was expecting an Azed special, so I was slightly surprised to see just a plain Competition puzzle. There was the … Read more >>

Independent 8883 by Tees (Saturday Prize Puzzle 4 April 2015)

Sun April 12, 2015 at 9:22 pmSat April 11, 2015 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

An interesting mental tussle with Tees – with a variety of cultural references, from a South African golfer to Dante, via the slopes of K2 and a couple of secret police forces…hopefully not giving … Read more >>