Fifteensquared – Page 1343 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian Prize 25,478 / Paul

Sat November 19, 2011 at 1:36 pmSat November 19, 2011 at 12:02 am by Eileen

An entertaining pot-pourri of a puzzle from Paul, to round off an excellent week: a mini-theme of Dad’s Army and mini-mini-themes of pastas, Prime Ministers and flowers. Just right for a Saturday, I … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No.992 – Udergroud by Loda

Thu November 24, 2011 at 11:39 amSat November 19, 2011 at 12:00 am by Mister Sting

Hey, boys and girls! Do you like shameless cross-promotion? You do? Well, that’s just great, because I was about to tell you that you should listen to Mighty Mighty Mix Tape on www.oxideradio.co.uk … Read more >>

Independent 7829/Phi

Fri November 18, 2011 at 11:16 am by John

One of those crosswords that repeatedly refers to a single clue, so one’s rate of progress depends on how quickly this clue is solved. 8 is quite easy, so the only difficulty was … Read more >>

Guardian 25,483 – Puck

Fri November 18, 2011 at 11:16 am by manehi

On the easy side for a Puck, partly because 2 and 8 went in immediately. Favourite clues were 12a, 19a and 18d. Thanks to tupu for pointing out that this is also a … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,854 / Bradman

Fri November 18, 2011 at 3:03 pmFri November 18, 2011 at 10:42 am by shuchi

I found a lot to admire in this puzzle and a few clues to struggle with. The bottom-right corner was hard to piece together with 20a and 20d eluding me till the very … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,853 /Orense

Thu November 17, 2011 at 7:11 pm by Gaufrid

Apologies for the late appearance of this post but I’ve been out and hadn’t noticed that the scheduled blogger had not turned up. I’ve got to go out again so this has been … Read more >>

Guardian 25,482 by Chifonie

Thu November 17, 2011 at 10:43 amThu November 17, 2011 at 9:48 am by PeeDee

A straightforward and quite easy puzzle, but very enjoyable nonetheless. I enjoyed this puzzle very much. In a world where setters are outdoing each other to find ever clever devices, grids, ninas, pangrams … Read more >>

Independent 7828 by Klingsor

Thu November 17, 2011 at 9:36 am by flashling

I’ve got a few problems with the blog today, not entirely due to Klingsor’s clues – I’ve misplaced my glasses so reading clues, solving and typing up are all likely to be error … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,844 – Dante

Thu November 17, 2011 at 12:15 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 7 Pleasant starter of the week, this Dante. What struck me was that the clues were shorter than usual. Surfaces were great as ever ….. ….. while my Top 3 … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,843 by Cincinnus

Thu November 17, 2011 at 1:11 amThu November 17, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 5 Here’s another fine although uncharacteristic puzzle from Cincinnus. I especially like 1A (DICTION), 19A (MOPED), 5D (BATES), 7D (VAGUE) and 17D (APPLIANCE). And I … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,852 by IO

Wed November 16, 2011 at 11:03 am by PeeDee

Good stuff from IO, with some clever and amusing clues. 18,19 was my clear favourite, one of the easier ones but it made me laugh, I thought 15dn was clever too. I can’t get to … Read more >>

Guardian 25,481 / Paul

Wed November 16, 2011 at 5:16 pmWed November 16, 2011 at 9:58 am by Eileen

There’s much to admire, enjoy and laugh [or groan] at in this typically Paul puzzle. Not much more to be said – I hope you enjoyed it. Many thanks, Paul. Across 9 PEPPERONI: … Read more >>

Independent 7,827 / Dac

Wed November 16, 2011 at 9:00 am by RatkojaRiku

An enjoyable, to me easier-than-average puzzle from Dac today, with its characteristic array of beautifully crafted clues. There were more propernouns – cultural/historical figures and the like – than average in today’s puzzle, … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1202 – Old Mates (Plus One) by Lato

Wed November 16, 2011 at 6:00 am by Hihoba

Another corker to go with the last six inquisitors. All really challenging and extremely enjoyable (always helped by the occasional win – 1199 in my case!) A long and complex preamble told us … Read more >>

Independent 7,826/Eimi

Tue November 15, 2011 at 12:38 pm by Ali

Well, there was a lot going on here. Some nice topical references to protestors and world events, a nod to the setter’s football team of choice, a pangram, and lots of very nice … Read more >>