Fifteensquared – Page 1355 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,440 by Paul

Thu September 29, 2011 at 2:57 am by PeterO

A breezy outing with Paul.

Financial Times 13,802 – Falcon

Thu September 29, 2011 at 11:32 pmThu September 29, 2011 at 12:15 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 19 An elegant puzzle by Falcon, the FT’s very own Everyman. Yes, most of us (including me) would perhaps call this an easy ride but when a crossword is so … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,801 by Mudd

Thu September 29, 2011 at 11:26 pmThu September 29, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 18 Here we have a very clever puzzle from Mudd. I polished off most of it at a good clip but had a hard time … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,810 by IO

Wed September 28, 2011 at 3:12 pmWed September 28, 2011 at 12:13 pm by PeeDee

A very fine crossword from IO. I started of easily thinking I was going to romp though in no time, then slowly ground to a halt towards the end. “Harder then it looks” … Read more >>

Cryptic crossword No 25,439 The Guardian by Orlando

Wed September 28, 2011 at 10:27 amWed September 28, 2011 at 9:28 am by Stella

An enjoyable mix of fairly obvious anagrams plus some more obscure definitions and answers to keep me on my toes. Unfortunately, the explanation for one of the latter eludes me. To see links … Read more >>

Independent 7785 by Crosophile

Wed September 28, 2011 at 1:49 am by flashling

Was expecting a smooth Dac and got a cracking Crosophile instead, not complaining though, good stuff. No obvious ninas or themes or pangrams today – this is not a bad thing. Some midnight … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1195: Highly Strung by Samuel

Wed September 28, 2011 at 1:23 am by HolyGhost

Clues are presented in alphabetical order of answers (at least, that’s what the preamble said), and 19 have single-letter misprints in the definition. These spell out a link between the theme of the … Read more >>

Independent 7,784 / Scorpion

Mon October 3, 2011 at 11:28 amTue September 27, 2011 at 3:23 pm by RatkojaRiku

It’s Tuesday and I’m blogging a Scorpion puzzle, so it’s doubtless time for a thematic puzzle and/or a Nina. As thematic puzzles go, some reveal their themes more easily than others, and, I … Read more >>

Financial Times 13809 Armonie

Sat June 29, 2024 at 9:45 amTue September 27, 2011 at 8:28 am by scchua

Thanks Armonie, for an enjoyable puzzle. Started easily in the NW, and last in were a couple in the SE. Definitions are underlined in the clues. There is a hidden connection in one of … Read more >>

Guardian 25,438 – Brendan

Tue September 27, 2011 at 7:51 amTue September 27, 2011 at 3:08 am by Uncle Yap

What a tour de force by this Master. (spoiler space to prevent a mild reproof as suggested by NeilW … thanks) He used the mini-theme of lexicography to bring to light … Read more >>

Independent 7783 by Punk

Mon September 26, 2011 at 12:30 pm by nmsindy

Gentle, enjoyable Monday puzzle from Punk, a very skilled clue-writer indeed. Found it quite easy and was esp impressed to get words that were unknown to me from the clear wordplay. Solving time, … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 619 Pan

Mon September 26, 2011 at 6:33 pmMon September 26, 2011 at 11:26 am by scchua

This is a typical Quiptic, thanks to Pan. All quite straightforward. Definitions are underlined in the clues. There are hidden connections in the 3 picture sets. Across 7 Place to sleep has floor covering … Read more >>

Guardian 25,437 / Rufus

Mon September 26, 2011 at 12:22 pmMon September 26, 2011 at 8:54 am by Eileen

It’s Monday, it’s Rufus and I’m saying no more today, except,’Thank you, Rufus’! Across 7 SOFT PEDAL: cryptic definition Edit: I completely missed the anagram [‘regulating’] of ADOPT SELF [thanks, Neil and Geoff] … Read more >>

Cyclops 452: There are things we don’t know we don’t know

Tue September 27, 2011 at 5:34 pmMon September 26, 2011 at 7:33 am by jetdoc

Apologies for the late and rather hurried posting — I had this scheduled for yesterday, but got somewhat sidetracked. Across 1 SWISS ROLL National spin — a piece of cake! SWISS = National; … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1126

Sun September 25, 2011 at 8:15 am by Jed

Pretty smooth run this week ACROSS 1 Support given to cut in board game gets opposing current BACKDRAUGHT BACK + DRAUGHT{S} 10 Commotion – flight has one falling out STIR … Read more >>