Fifteensquared – Page 1211 – Never knowingly undersolved

Independent 8,258 / Dac

Wed April 3, 2013 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

It is Wednesday today, and not the last in the month, so it must be time for my regular blogging appointment with Dac. I made swifter than normal progress through this Dac puzzle, … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1274: MODESTY by Kruger

Wed April 3, 2013 at 5:30 am by Hihoba

An artistic and musical offering this week from Kruger. The rubric said “Wordplay in the majority of clues yields an extra letter. In order, these spell out a phrase which provide a clue … Read more >>

Financial Times 14276 Jason

Tue April 2, 2013 at 9:34 amTue April 2, 2013 at 8:31 am by scchua

Another enjoyable offering from Jason; thanks to him. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have inidentified links to the puzzle.]] Across 1 Drink in guide finally is looking … Read more >>

Independent 8257 /Tees

Tue April 2, 2013 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

I haven’t blogged a Tees puzzle for some time, so it was a pleasure to see his name on this one Many of Tees clues have quite complex wordplay, constructed … Read more >>

Guardian 25,911 – Gordius

Tue April 2, 2013 at 1:44 am by Uncle Yap

Quite a fair to middling kind of puzzle with the expected Gordian obscurities thrown in here and there. Across 1 SKINFLINT Mean injunction after non-U plenitude of drink (9) SKINFUL (plenitude of drink) … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 698 / Pan

Mon April 1, 2013 at 11:14 am by Big Dave

Another good Quiptic from Pan. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 12th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in the wordplay are shown with the unused letters in brackets e.g. … Read more >>

Independent 8256/Quixote

Mon April 1, 2013 at 7:45 am by Pierre

A puzzle from Quixote that was full of non-Ximenean constructions, loose cluing and obscure definitions. What’s the world coming to? What’s the date again? There is a nod to it across the top … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 117 / Brummie

Mon April 1, 2013 at 1:00 am by duncanshiell

The Genius lulls you into a false sense of security. You know you have a month to complete it so you keep putting off starting it. Then when you do you start, you realise … Read more >>

Guardian 25,910 – Rufus

Mon April 1, 2013 at 12:40 am by Andrew

No April foolery here (unless I’ve been fooled..), just the usual type of puzzle we expect from Rufus; if anything rather easy even by his standards, apart from one possibly obscure word that … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 491 – Pompom tea party

Mon April 1, 2013 at 12:05 am by beermagnet

Some particularly fine smutty surface readings to the clues this week. The simple but effective 18A is my favourite. Across 1 POMPOM Member squeezed between balls during Cameron’s fancy ball? (6) MP (member) … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,203

Sun March 31, 2013 at 9:00 am by Simon Harding

A fairly tough challenge, I thought. There was plenty to confim in Chambers before blogging, but I think I’ve managed to explain everything this week. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. … Read more >>