Fifteensquared – Page 1366 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian Prize 25,454 / Araucaria

Sat October 22, 2011 at 8:28 amFri October 21, 2011 at 9:08 pm by Eileen

As always, I was pleased to see Araucaria’s name on the Saturday Prize puzzle but was rather disappointed at how quickly I finished it – I like to savour these weekend ones. There … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,459 by Boatman

Fri October 21, 2011 at 1:45 pmFri October 21, 2011 at 4:21 am by PeterO

I found this tough going; either I am not on Boatman’s wavelength today, or he is committing some remarkably loose constructions. Still, there is much to like in the puzzle. Any shortcomings in the blog are the result of spending most of my time unravelling the wordplay in 1A!

Financial Times 13,830 / Falcon

Fri October 21, 2011 at 4:11 pmFri October 21, 2011 at 3:41 am by shuchi

I enjoyed the light, elegant touch of Falcon in this offering. Straightforward except the bottom-right for me due to a couple of unfamiliar words, which I’m happy to have learnt. Across 1 WOLVERINE … Read more >>

Independent 7805/Phi

Fri October 21, 2011 at 1:18 am by John

Phi has as usual produced a very pleasing crossword, perhaps on the easier side — at any rate I found it to be so, although whether or not a crossword is easy seems … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 25458 Araucaria

Thu October 20, 2011 at 4:08 pmThu October 20, 2011 at 11:29 am by scchua

Having done so many Araucarian puzzles (I’ve mentioned before that I cut my crytic crossword teeth on his Monkey Puzzles), this is the first time, I’m blogging one. And it’s typically Araucarian, a … Read more >>

Financial Times no.13,829 by BRADMAN

Thu October 20, 2011 at 11:17 am by Ringo

Is the FT getting harder, or am I getting stupider? That’s a rhetorical question. Took me a while to work through this lovely puzzle from the Don, which touches on ornithology, pharmacology, philosophy … Read more >>

Independent 7804 by Anarche

Thu October 20, 2011 at 4:17 pmThu October 20, 2011 at 8:24 am by flashling

Anarche has stopped running dressed as a bottle for charity for long enough to weave more trickery for the unwary, indeed there’s at least one I just can’t see the wordplay to. I … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,820 – Dante

Thu October 20, 2011 at 4:22 pmThu October 20, 2011 at 12:15 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 10 A gentle puzzle from Mr Natural. 🙂 Nothing to worry about, just a nice starter of the week. Some familiar words (like CHAIRMAN which was similarly clued in the Guardian … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,819 by Cincinnus

Thu October 20, 2011 at 4:06 amThu October 20, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 8 Here we have another splendid Cincinnus job. For me it was a remarkably easy one — I dashed it off in about 20 minutes. … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,828 / Dogberry

Wed October 19, 2011 at 11:10 am by Gaufrid

I was not expecting to see Dogberry today as it is only a month since his last appearance and normally he only turns up about once every three months. However, I’m not complaining. … Read more >>

Guardian 25,457 / Gordius

Wed October 19, 2011 at 9:53 am by Eileen

This is the third Gordius puzzle I have blogged of his most recent four – almost enough to make me paranoid. 😉 I shall resort to the traditional summary [and I’m not the … Read more >>

Independent 7,803 / Dac

Wed October 19, 2011 at 1:20 pmWed October 19, 2011 at 8:21 am by RatkojaRiku

There was the usual crop of high-quality, carefully crafted clues on offer from Dac this Wednesday morning. As usual, they were as pleasurable to blog as they were to solve. Having said that, … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1198 – What? When? by Schadenfreude

Wed October 19, 2011 at 6:00 am by Hihoba

I found this one “challenging” (i.e. very difficult!). It was worth persevering with, and would have been much easier if you spotted the theme early, which I didn’t. Had I read the paper … Read more >>

Independent 7,802/Anax

Tue October 18, 2011 at 2:21 pmTue October 18, 2011 at 11:59 am by Ali

The good thing about regular crossword solving is that, given any puzzle at random by a non-cruciverbalist, you would expect to be able to prove your worth by casually solving one or two … Read more >>

Financial Times 13827 Gurney

Tue October 18, 2011 at 11:50 amTue October 18, 2011 at 11:02 am by scchua

This continues the series of Gurney puzzles that I have found enjoyable, not too tough. All nicely clued, with some clever surfaces. Thanks Gurney. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Hidden connection in … Read more >>