Fifteensquared – Page 1411 – Never knowingly undersolved

Independent 7588 by Anax

Thu February 10, 2011 at 3:05 am by flashling

Thursday fun with Anax, this is a nod to us at fifteensquared. That, however, really has nothing whatsoever to do as a help in solving this crossword. It’s an Anax so it’s tough in places … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,605 / Falcon

Thu February 10, 2011 at 3:47 amThu February 10, 2011 at 12:10 am by Agentzero

Prize Puzzle from Monday January 31 This was not difficult at all, except that it required a bit deeper cultural knowledge than usual. Andrew Motion is well known and frequently appears in crosswords; the … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,604 by Mudd

Thu February 10, 2011 at 12:59 amThu February 10, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 29 This puzzle strikes me as one of Mudd’s best. Taking pride of place is the brilliant semi-&lit that is 16D (HEATHROW). And I also … Read more >>

Independent 7,587 / Dac

Wed February 9, 2011 at 8:44 pmWed February 9, 2011 at 2:49 pm by RatkojaRiku

Sound, tight clueing and an enjoyable, not overly challenging, solve: would we expect anything else on a Wednesday morning from Dac? Some new words for me at 3, 7 and 12, but the … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,613 by Cinephile

Wed February 9, 2011 at 1:06 pmWed February 9, 2011 at 11:37 am by PeeDee

Another good crossword from Cinephile. How he continues to turn crosswords out at the rate he does and still keeps them fresh and original never ceases to amaze me. Clues 26 across and 5 down were my … Read more >>

Guardian 25,241 / Gordius

Wed February 9, 2011 at 12:39 pmWed February 9, 2011 at 9:15 am by Eileen

A fairly typical Gordius, I think, comprising mostly anagrams, simple charades and/or insertions and double definitions, with several niggles, as usual for me with this setter. Across 7 DOG-COLLAR: DOG [reversal of GOD … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1162 – Split Personality by Ikela

Wed February 9, 2011 at 5:30 am by Hihoba

I started this blog before having solved the puzzle element of this week’s offering by Ikela, so we’ll start with the clued elements. The rubric told us that wordplay in all but six … Read more >>

Independent 7,586/Math

Tue February 8, 2011 at 1:15 pm by Ali

Always a pleasure to land a Math puzzle. The odd-looking grid suggested there’d be some kind of theme, but I didn’t spot anything obvious at first. I also crippled myself in the SE … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,612 / Jason

Tue February 8, 2011 at 6:00 pmTue February 8, 2011 at 5:31 am by Agentzero

There were a number of extremely good clues in this puzzle, but also a few that seemed imprecise to me. The gems, I thought, were 13, 20 and 26 across. Across 1 KNUCKLE … Read more >>

Guardian 25240 Puck … Everything and then some more

Wed February 9, 2011 at 1:18 amTue February 8, 2011 at 2:32 am by Uncle Yap

Phew! What an assignment today. Puck employed almost every cryptic device and then some more. The way I solve a puzzle, I must stop and rationalise the workplay before I move on … … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 586 / Beale

Wed February 9, 2011 at 9:27 amMon February 7, 2011 at 10:31 am by Big Dave

While I enjoyed this puzzle, I thought it was a bit on the hard side for a Quiptic. All definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in … Read more >>

Guardian 25,239 – Rufus

Mon February 7, 2011 at 8:53 amMon February 7, 2011 at 8:22 am by Andrew

A very easy Rufus today, where my main difficulty came with some less-than-brilliant cryptic definitions that seemed too obvious to be true. I’m a little short of time so please excuse the rather … Read more >>

Independent 7585 by Tees

Mon February 7, 2011 at 7:18 am by NealH

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism I thought this was quite difficult, mainly because of the longer phrases which ate up a lot of the grid and also a few … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,093 (30/01/11)

Sun February 6, 2011 at 9:14 pmSun February 6, 2011 at 6:25 pm by Simon Harding

A relatively tractable solve for the most part this week, with some rather playful clueing. I did have to check a small number of entries in Chambers though. Finally, 20dn required some creative … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1094: Quixote

Sun February 6, 2011 at 11:08 amSun February 6, 2011 at 9:45 am by jetdoc

The usual relatively easy Sunday solve from Quixote. And a rather hurried blog from me. Across 6 SCHOLASTIC Hot classic in translation – it’s educational *(Hot classic) 9 NAIL Slow creatures shedding outer … Read more >>