Fifteensquared – Page 1384 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian 25,472 / Araucaria

Sat November 12, 2011 at 11:29 amSat November 12, 2011 at 12:01 am by mhl

This was a typically enjoyable prize crossword from Araucaria. We struggled with this for a while before guessing the theme, after which everything went very fast, apart from some troubles working out the … Read more >>

The Guardian No 25,477 by Araucaria

Fri November 11, 2011 at 10:44 amFri November 11, 2011 at 9:20 am by Stella

I’d expected to find some reference to today’s peculiar date, and perhaps also to Armistice etc. Instead, I was faced with this tour de force by the Master at his most convoluted. The … Read more >>

Independent 7823 / Radian

Fri November 11, 2011 at 9:45 amFri November 11, 2011 at 7:00 am by duncanshiell

I have not solved many puzzles by Radian before, but I discover that he is one of the most prolific setters, in many guises – Crucible in The Guardian and Redshank in the … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,848 / Falcon

Fri November 11, 2011 at 3:26 am by shuchi

A gentle puzzle with Falcon’s elegant clues and references to a variety of knowledge domains. Smooth anagrams, natural surfaces, nothing too taxing. Across 1 EMBALM M (male) BA (graduate), in ELM (tree) 5 … Read more >>

Financial Times no.13,847 by REDSHANK

Thu November 10, 2011 at 11:37 am by Ringo

Oops. Problems here. I’m not sure how it’s come out in the pink paper, but the PDF puzzle I’ve got from the FT website is all to cock: rogue white squares and clues … Read more >>

Guardian 25,476 / Boatman

Fri November 11, 2011 at 2:15 pmThu November 10, 2011 at 9:26 am by Eileen

This time yesterday, I was thanking my lucky stars that I wasn’t blogging the Enigmatist. [Well done, Andrew – I was among those who had a busy day and had to come back … Read more >>

Independent 7,822 / Nestor

Thu November 10, 2011 at 9:57 pmThu November 10, 2011 at 8:17 am by RatkojaRiku

I am rather bleary-eyed after a long journey, so apologies in advance if my blog does not do justice to Nestor’s beautifully crafted and, in my view, highly enjoyable puzzle. The four 14-letter … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,838 – Crux

Thu November 10, 2011 at 12:15 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 31 A Crux crossword full of clues that were really on my wavelength. When I showed this puzzle to my PinC (who has never tackled a Crux), she was very … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,837 by Mudd

Thu November 10, 2011 at 1:41 amThu November 10, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 29 I think this is an exceptionally fine Mudd puzzle with many strong clues, my favourites being 1A (SAINT-SAENS), 26A (DUNG), 18D (PRESENT) and 21D … Read more >>

Independent 7,821/Dac

Wed November 9, 2011 at 1:10 pm by Ali

Beautiful stuff once again from the ever-dependable king of Wednesday. This was a pretty fast solve for me and I didn’t stop to parse every clue as the answers went in. Nor to … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,846 by Aardvark

Wed November 9, 2011 at 1:06 pm by PeeDee

A good crossword from Aardvaark I thought. Not easy, but everthing is there to be found. The clues are very solid, no stray words or dubious definitions at all. Aardvark has put in … Read more >>

Interview with Roger Squires

Wed November 9, 2011 at 1:03 pm by Andrew

There’s a nice interview with Roger Squires, aka Rufus and Dante, on Shuchi’s Crossword Unclued blog.

Inquisitor 1201: A Prime Example by Nutmeg

Wed November 9, 2011 at 7:25 amWed November 9, 2011 at 2:00 am by duncanshiell

The preamble stated "To reveal the prime example solvers should follow instructions spelt out by single extra letters yielded by the wordplay in each clue in order. Two answers are abbreviations; ignore two … Read more >>

Guardian 25,475 – Enigmatist

Wed November 9, 2011 at 10:57 amWed November 9, 2011 at 1:24 am by Andrew

Some typically tricky stuff here from Enigmatist, who we haven’t seen for a while, but as always very clever, and satisfying to solve. There were quite a few clues where I guessed the … Read more >>

Financial Times 13845 Phssthpok

Tue November 8, 2011 at 6:08 pmTue November 8, 2011 at 10:16 am by scchua

I found today’s difficult (as any Guardian or Indy cryptic). Starting was easy enough with the NW quarter quickly filled in, but the other 3 put up quite a struggle. For some time, … Read more >>