Fifteensquared – Page 1271 – Never knowingly undersolved

Sloggers & Betters (Manchester), Saturday 8th September 2012 …..

Thu September 13, 2012 at 1:54 pmSun August 5, 2012 at 5:41 pm by Admin

….. and Dean Meyer’s 50th birthday bash. Dean has sent the following information about these two events which I post verbatim: “Actually this is what you might call Sloggers & Betters Plus, as … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,171 by Glow-worm

Sun August 5, 2012 at 9:00 am by Simon Harding

A little while since I’ve blogged a Sunday Glow-worm, I think, so a nice change for me. I left this one a bit late in the week, so it was convenient that it … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,169

Sun August 12, 2012 at 1:48 pmSun August 5, 2012 at 9:00 am by Simon Harding

A fair bit tougher than the previous Beelzebub I blogged, and it was quite a wait before the first answer slotted in. There’s quite a lot of anagrammatic material here, which I don’t … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3434 (29th July)

Tue August 7, 2012 at 10:09 amSun August 5, 2012 at 5:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning to you all, Well what can I say, I flew through last weeks offering with ease, but this week I struggled and needed Nick’s help. Perhaps it is because I … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 109 by Araucaria

Sun August 5, 2012 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

Unlike most recent puzzles in this series, there were no special instructions. It was just a tough cryptic (and here’s a link to the pdf of the puzzle), but made more difficult by … Read more >>

Azed 2095

Sun August 5, 2012 at 12:02 am by John

A fairly typical Azed plain; nothing much to say, simply sound clueing of course and one or two rather thin surfaces but many good ones. On the website at any rate (I don’t … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,700 by Crucible

Sun August 5, 2012 at 11:32 amSat August 4, 2012 at 12:53 am by PeeDee

I started off excited when I saw the puzzle had special instructions, then deflated when I guessed both the special down clues from the letter counts without even reading the clues, then gradually bouyed … Read more >>

Independent 8046 by Phi (Saturday Prize Puzzle 28 July 2012)

Sat August 4, 2012 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

Layers within layers – what seemed at first to be a nice fluffy topical thematic puzzle (I know, we aren’t supposed to give away too much in these first sentences, but there can’t … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No.1028 – Small Change by Piccadilly

Sat August 4, 2012 at 12:00 am by Mister Sting

A simple enough preamble introduces ‘Small Change’. All clues have an extra letter in their subsidiary indication, and these letters spell out an instruction. All well and good, but will the small change prove to be a big headache?

Financial Times 14072 by Orense

Sat August 4, 2012 at 12:50 amFri August 3, 2012 at 11:11 am by flashling

Don’t know what’s happened to the expected blogger yesterday, but seeing as it still hasn’t appeared today, as I’m often in as the standby blogger, here’s my take on it. Nothing overly tricky … Read more >>

Guardian 25,705 – Chifonie

Fri August 3, 2012 at 9:06 am by Andrew

After an interesting and challenging week of puzzles we are back to rather more standard territory today. This is very much in Chifonie’s style, with a lot of charades (ten of them) and … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,073 by Falcon

Fri August 3, 2012 at 8:31 am by Jed

Fair fare from Falcon Across 1 EMPIRE change first letter from UMPIRE (judge) 4 DARINGLY (with boldness) RING (jewellery) in (LADY)* 9 ERNST Max (artist) N (name) in ERST (long … Read more >>

Independent 8051 / Phi

Fri August 3, 2012 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Today’s offering from Phi was good solid national daily crossword fare. I cannot see any theme nor can I see any hidden message in the grid. There were a couple … Read more >>

Independent 8050/Monk

Thu August 2, 2012 at 10:57 am by John

A good crossword from Monk today. I don’t know if I’m getting better at his crosswords (doubtful really) or if he’s becoming a bit kinder. Certainly there used to be a time when … Read more >>

Guardian 25,704 – Puck

Thu August 2, 2012 at 12:31 pmThu August 2, 2012 at 10:25 am by manehi

Was slightly underwhelmed by a straightforward start full of anagrams and hidden clues, then worked out the theme and smiled through the rest of the puzzle. Favourite clues 26ac and 20dn. Not too … Read more >>