Fifteensquared – Page 1194 – Never knowingly undersolved

Independent 8309 by Punk (Saturday Prize Puzzle 1 June 2013)

Sat June 8, 2013 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

A bonus blog for me – covering for Bert & Joyce, who are no doubt on some well-earned R&R… An interesting and enjoyable challenge from Punk this week. No obvious theme or Nina … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No.1071 – The Empty House by Nutmeg

Sat June 8, 2013 at 12:00 am by Mister Sting

My house is, indeed, empty as I write these few lines, as is my stomach. My diary is empty, as exams very recents came to an end. Apparently, most empty of all is my head, since I can’t think of any more appropriate introduction to this enjoyable puzzle.

Guardian 25,968 – Pasquale

Fri June 7, 2013 at 9:09 am by Andrew

A fairly tough but fair and enjoyable puzzle from Pasquale, in which I enjoyed some nice anagrams, and learned a couple of new words and the original version of (what I thought was) … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,333 by Falcon

Fri June 7, 2013 at 8:57 am by Jed

Agreeable work out this morning Across 1 MISLAY lose M (mobile) ISLAY (Hebridean island) 4 RING PULL can-opener RING (phone) PULL (row boat) 10 ROOSEVELT former president (VOTE LOSER)* … Read more >>

Independent 8314 / Phi

Fri October 27, 2017 at 1:57 pmFri June 7, 2013 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

For the first time in three weeks I get to blog a puzzle without a classical or modern music theme. This puzzle by Phi is simply a good example of what a national … Read more >>

Independent 8313/Donk

Thu June 6, 2013 at 11:31 am by John

When I saw who was the setter my fear was that I was going to have to bite my tongue and go along with some of Donk’s less Ximenean ways, but so far as … Read more >>

Financial Times no.14,332 by Redshank

Thu June 6, 2013 at 8:25 am by Ringo

Morning, everyone. Only time for a rather hasty run through Redshank’s tricksy and very enjoyable puzzle today… ACROSS 1. SKELETON Anagram of K(ey) lets one – nice &lit 5. EARWIG I(talian) within anagram of wager 9. OLEANDER … Read more >>

Guardian 25,967 – Arachne

Thu June 6, 2013 at 11:57 amThu June 6, 2013 at 12:57 am by manehi

Not too difficult, but I really enjoyed this. 2dn in particular stood out, but there was a lot of clever cluing and surfaces here (10, 22, 24, 12dn…) Across 7 XEROXES =”runs off” … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,323 – Dante

Thu June 6, 2013 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/May 27 Gentle, trouble-free start of the week with this Dante puzzle – for which once more many thanks to the setter. Definitions are underlined wherever appropriate and/or possible. Across 1 … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,322 by Cinephile

Thu June 6, 2013 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 25, 2013 I sailed through most of this puzzle but had some considerable trouble with the bottom-right quadrant. My favourite clues are 9A (TUSSLE) and … Read more >>

Financial Times 14331 by Cinephile

Wed June 5, 2013 at 2:17 pmWed June 5, 2013 at 10:14 am by PeeDee

Quite easy for a Cinephile I thought but no less enjoyable for it. Across 1 See 12 down 4 STAFF CAR Trauma about Welshman nearly getting official transport (5,3) SCAR (trauma) about TAFFy … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,966 by Philistine

Wed June 5, 2013 at 2:45 am by PeterO

The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25966.

Independent 8312 by Dac

Wed June 5, 2013 at 1:19 am by Uncle Yap

Bertandjoyce are away & without internet access; so I am subbing in this midweek spot. Dac, as usual, served up a varied potpourri of very fair clues. I particularly like his efforts to … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1283: Office Issue by Ifor

Wed June 5, 2013 at 11:19 amWed June 5, 2013 at 12:01 am by kenmac

Inquisitor 1283 Preamble: 36 clues each contain one word which must have a letter removed, and those remaining rearranged to form a new word before solving. Discarded letters from the across clues spell … Read more >>

Independent 8,311 / Tees

Tue June 4, 2013 at 10:27 pmTue June 4, 2013 at 1:23 pm by RatkojaRiku

My apologies for the late posting of this blog on today’s crossword by Tees. It is Tuesday today, and so a theme is to be expected. Unless I have missed something, today’s theme … Read more >>