Fifteensquared – Page 1348 – Never knowingly undersolved

Financial Times 13,836 /Styx

Fri October 28, 2011 at 11:15 am by Gaufrid

This would have been a very quick solve had I not confidently entered ‘track’ at 12ac on my first pass through the clues only to change it to ‘trace’ when I solved 3dn. … Read more >>

Guardian 25,465 – Crucible

Fri October 28, 2011 at 1:05 am by Andrew

A very enjoyable puzzle from Crucible with a number of answers (asterisked below – let me know if I’ve missed any) related to the phrase at 4,6. Not too difficult, but there are … Read more >>

Independent 7810/Tees

Thu October 27, 2011 at 6:02 pmThu October 27, 2011 at 12:23 pm by John

Some excellent clues in a very nice crossword today from Tees. One or two of them I couldn’t understand properly but I suspect that as usual all will be made clear. My apologies … Read more >>

Guardian 25,464 – Paul

Thu October 27, 2011 at 1:59 pmThu October 27, 2011 at 11:51 am by manehi

I’d not heard of the long (53 letter!) solution to 16 et al, but managed to fill it in at the end. Impressive as it is to fit such a long phrase into … Read more >>

Financial Times no.13,835 by SLEUTH

Thu October 27, 2011 at 12:34 pmThu October 27, 2011 at 10:22 am by Ringo

An uneventful morning’s work, this one (the sole novelty being that, due to an apparent FT famine in north Leeds, I had to print the puzzle off and, disorientingly, solve it on white … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,826 – Armonie

Thu October 27, 2011 at 12:55 amThu October 27, 2011 at 12:15 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 17 Time for a change: Armonie taking the Monday spot in the FT. On many occasions ‘over there’ (ie the Guardian blog) posters made clear that Chifonie (Armonie’s alter ego) … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,825 by Mudd

Thu October 27, 2011 at 3:19 amThu October 27, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 15 I found this puzzle a bit hard overall and the top-left quadrant especially tricky. My top clues are 10A (NOVELIST) and 8D (BASTINADO), and … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,834 by Cinephile

Wed October 26, 2011 at 8:04 pmWed October 26, 2011 at 12:48 pm by PeeDee

A varied crossword from Cinephile with a few liberties thrown in to spark the usual heated debate ( ‘heated debate’ on the FT blog being a post with more than 2 comments). I’m not sure if 4 down … Read more >>

The Guardian No 25,463 / Chifonie

Wed October 26, 2011 at 5:24 pmWed October 26, 2011 at 11:27 am by Stella

Sorry for the late blog, I’ve just got back from seeing my husband off for his first session of radiotherapy. I’ll do the puzzle as quickly as I can and write up a … Read more >>

Independent 7809 by Crosophile

Wed October 26, 2011 at 11:49 pmWed October 26, 2011 at 2:45 am by flashling

Crosophile reappears to give Dac a rest, only just done one from him in Sunday’s Independent of 3 days ago but I don’t think that’s giving too much away on that one, yesterday … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1199: In Attendance by Phi

Thu October 27, 2011 at 7:35 pmWed October 26, 2011 at 1:23 am by kenmac

The preamble tells us that significant points (we’re not told how many) of a trajectory using a “33” (10 letters) and implied by a song are omitted from wordplay. (Yikes, what the H … Read more >>

Financial Times 13833 Gaff

Tue October 25, 2011 at 3:45 pmTue October 25, 2011 at 12:46 pm by scchua

An entertaining puzzle from Gaff. The theme subject was wide enough, though to be honest, it didn’t enter into my solving of it, as I took 11A literally as it was. Almost on completion, … Read more >>

Independent 7,808 / Scorpion

Tue October 25, 2011 at 9:00 am by RatkojaRiku

I had to dig deep this morning to complete and blog this one in time, which is not unusual for a Scorpion puzzle or, indeed, for a puzzle using a grid such as … Read more >>

Guardian 25,462 – Araucaria

Tue October 25, 2011 at 3:38 am by Uncle Yap

What a tour de force from The Master. He has so skillfully woven a grid to include all the wives of King Henry VIII that today, I learned only one new … Read more >>

Independent 7807/Punk

Mon October 24, 2011 at 10:45 am by Pierre

Possibly the weirdest solving experience I’ve ever had. I blogged a Punk a couple of months ago, and really enjoyed it. That one was pretty straightforward, but this one … well, tell me … Read more >>