Fifteensquared – Page 1412 – Never knowingly undersolved

Genius 91 by Tramp

Sun February 6, 2011 at 12:04 am by bridgesong

Solving time : about a day and a half. I found this hard, partly because of a grammatical error in the instructions which made them more obscure than was necessary. There were two … Read more >>

Azed 2018

Sun February 6, 2011 at 12:02 am by John

Azed’s Plains are usually done at one sitting, even though that sitting can be very long indeed. This time. however, there were several clues that gave me trouble, both in getting them in … Read more >>

Indy 7578 (Sat 29-Jan) Anax

Sat February 5, 2011 at 10:23 pmSat February 5, 2011 at 12:30 am by beermagnet

Congrats to Anax for a stonking puzzle that no doubt had a few in Derby scratching their collective heads over their pints. While I was struggling over this, I could imagine them all … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle No 25,232 by Araucaria – a river runs through it

Sat February 5, 2011 at 12:31 pmSat February 5, 2011 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

Solving time: about an hour, although that left three clues unsolved. Many thanks to my neighbour and solving partner Timon, for his help with this and many other crosswords and for introducing me … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No 951 Half and Half by Rustic

Sat February 5, 2011 at 12:01 am by twencelas

Half the clues are normal and half need alteration. Where a conflict arises, this must be resolved to produce a real word. Simplicity personified for an EV, or so it sounds. Will half … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,609 / Bradman

Fri February 4, 2011 at 9:46 am by Gaufrid

A very quick solve for me today because Bradman’s cluing was, as usual, flawless and generally straightforward. The only clue that might be considered as being less than straightforward was 5dn which required … Read more >>

Guardian 25,237 / Orlando

Fri February 4, 2011 at 2:07 pmFri February 4, 2011 at 5:57 am by mhl

Strangely, this is my second Orlando puzzle to blog in two weeks, having met the setter himself in Derby on the weekend in between 🙂 As usual, this was a very good puzzle – … Read more >>

Independent 7583 by Phi

Fri February 4, 2011 at 7:21 amFri February 4, 2011 at 12:03 am by flashling

After my plaintive cry that I might not be able to post today, the 15sq genie and helper (djinn and tonic) spirited away from the Indy with an early copy so here it … Read more >>

Independent 7,582 / Punk – Number-crunching

Thu February 3, 2011 at 12:06 pm by RatkojaRiku

The key to this puzzle was correct interpretation of the references to the numerals 1-10 that, rather cleverly, appeared in ascending order as the first words of each of the ten across clues: … Read more >>

Guardian 25,236 / Araucaria

Thu February 3, 2011 at 10:35 amThu February 3, 2011 at 9:53 am by Eileen

What a treat! This took a while to get into but, once I latched on to the theme – right up my street! – it was rather plainer sailing for me than for … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,608 / Orense

Thu February 3, 2011 at 4:00 am by smiffy

I found this one a little chewy in sections and on several occasions found myself resorting to the toothpick after digesting a clue. In fairness to Orense, there is a reasonable sprinkling of … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,599 / Dante

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

Dante is back in his accustomed spot this week. A somewhat heavy reliance on anagrams; I count nine (excluding clues where an anagram is only part of the wordplay). The best of these, … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,598 by Cincinnus

Sat February 5, 2011 at 1:24 amThu February 3, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 22 Once again Cincinnus comes up with an impressive set of clues. How juicy is 19A (REDSTART)? How witty 13A (NON-USAGE)! How splendid 8A (CON … Read more >>

Independent 7,581/Dac

Wed February 2, 2011 at 1:47 pm by Ali

It’s Wednesday. Which means it’s Dac. Which means it’s the usual excellence and nary a thing to complain about. I loved it all, but special mentions for 9A and 6D. Across 1 RIGHTABLE … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,607 by Aardvark – ‘a tale of two cities’

Wed February 2, 2011 at 4:39 pmWed February 2, 2011 at 10:51 am by PeeDee

Easier than the last AARDVARK puzzle I blogged, but no less enjoyable. My favourite was 29 across which made me smile, 13 across is good too. Also, I got throught he whole thing without … Read more >>