Never knowingly undersolved
Another fine crossword from Everyman, but there were some tricky ones in here. And a nod to what many people will be celebrating today. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition … Read more >>
I found this more of a challenge than the usual Sunday puzzle. Very enjoyable it was too. Thanks Hypnos.
A plain, unthemed (unless I’ve missed something) prize puzzle from Paul this week.
Kruger sends his ‘GREETINGS’ – will EV solvers return the hand of friendship? I think they should!… I thought this was a wonderful and (eventually) accessible puzzle – bit of a slow burner to … Read more >>
Ooo, I struggled a bit with this one. I had what felt like a slow start, but then cold-solved a clutch of down clues which led to a few others, so was happy enough … Read more >>
Wanderer returns this Friday. He returns to try and expose my facade as a solver/blogger. He nearly succeeded.
Today brought me my regular monthly lexical tussle with Phi. I actually found this one towards the easier end of the Phi spectrum. The grid certainly helped, in that it provided a lot … Read more >>
Lots of fun and cleverness today – I enjoyed the neatness of e.g. 7dn, 14dn and my favourite 18dn more than the write in, parse quite a bit later 26ac and 1dn. Thanks to Boatman.
I thought I was in a for an easy ride when the first two acrosses were write-ins; things slowed down after that, but I made steady progress and found it a satisfying solve. … Read more >>
It’s been a while since I blogged an Anax crossword . I’ve always found Anax’s puzzles require a good deal of lateral thinking and I get a great deal of … Read more >>
Thankfully a reasonably kind first challenge for us on fifteensquared.
Monday Prize Crossword / Mar 9, 2015
After last week’s more challenging Gaff we’re back on familiar territory with a pleasant Dante.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 7, 2015 I enjoyed this Magwitch puzzle, finding it fairly easy except for 8d, 10a and 20d. My clue of the week is 12 (PROFITEER) … Read more >>
A somewhat tricky Pasquale, he does like his obscure words doesn’t he?
There is never anything new to say about Dac. As usual this is a thoroughly neat and satisfactory crossword. I found it a little harder than Dac usually is, although when I look back at the clues there seems to be no reason for this.
Definitions underlined.