Fifteensquared – Page 1246 – Never knowingly undersolved

Financial Times 14184 Jason

Tue December 11, 2012 at 10:26 amTue December 11, 2012 at 9:33 am by scchua

Another straightforward puzzle from Jason, but enjoyable nevertheless. Thanks to Jason. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle.]] Across 1 One in pokey … Read more >>

Independent 8162 / Dac

Tue December 11, 2012 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

It’s the end of civilisation as we know it. Dac doesn’t set crosswords on Tuesday, does he? Whatever the reason for Dac appearing on a Tuesday, solving the puzzle was … Read more >>

Cyclops 483: BRIEFS encounter

Mon December 10, 2012 at 2:10 pmMon December 10, 2012 at 10:15 am by jetdoc

No major problems with this one… until I tried to parse 11a, which I had written in pretty much without thinking. Across 7 BRIEFS Shorts taken by defenders Double definition — underwear; instruction … Read more >>

Guardian 25,815 – Rufus

Mon December 10, 2012 at 9:35 am by Andrew

I’m not usually one of Rufus’s biggest fans, but I enjoyed this one, as I thought it had a nice variety of clue types, and as always some excellent surface readings. As usual, … Read more >>

Independent no. 8161 by Quixote

Mon December 10, 2012 at 9:21 am by flashling

Welcome to our new improved site, Quixote for us today. Mostly fine stuff from Don, 22d had me for a while but can’t see 3d so help would be appreciated. Across: 1 MORATORIUM … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 682 / Hectence

Mon December 10, 2012 at 10:13 amMon December 10, 2012 at 9:08 am by Big Dave

A competent puzzle with a good range of clue types. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in the wordplay are shown with the … Read more >>

New Server

Sun December 16, 2012 at 9:01 amSun December 9, 2012 at 10:51 pm by Admin

We have now moved to a new hosting company. If you have any problems with the site please report them to me at fifteensquared{at}btinternet{dot}com or the usual Admin address. From my experiments to … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,187

Sun December 9, 2012 at 9:30 am by Simon Harding

After a fairly brisk start, this became quite a tough puzzle for me. Still, the usual top qualty crossword with lots of interesting words. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3452 (2nd December)

Sun December 9, 2012 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning happy solvers, Nothing to difficult this week, seemed pretty straight forward to me. I absolutely loved 18ac, what an excellent clue. 4dn was also very good. I enjoyed solving this weeks … Read more >>

Azed 2113

Sun December 9, 2012 at 1:00 am by John

Again a lovely sound crossword from Azed. I won’t waste time by copying out Chambers but as usual will confine myself to trying to explain how the clues work, something that wasn’t always … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1189 Alchemi

Sun December 9, 2012 at 12:02 am by scchua

A comparatively new setter in Fifteensquared’s coverage, and, as far as I can tell, his/her first in the IoS. Straightforward solve. Thanks to Alchemi. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links with the puzzle.]]