Fifteensquared – Page 1428 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian 25,251 / Rufus

Mon February 21, 2011 at 11:19 amMon February 21, 2011 at 9:15 am by mhl

I thought this was a trickier-than-usual puzzle from Rufus, but very enjoyable, as ever. I think my favourite clue here was the simple and elegant 25 across. (I had the great pleasure of … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 588/Pan

Mon February 21, 2011 at 8:49 am by Pierre

I thought this was a super puzzle from Pan – just right for a Quiptic, with everything clearly clued and some smooth surface readings. It’s been mentioned several times since we started the … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,095 (13/02/11)

Sun February 20, 2011 at 5:01 pm by Simon Harding

A pretty tough week for Beelzebub, I found, taking me several sessions over the course of the week to complete. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across 1 WATER BOATMAN – … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,096 by Quixote

Sun February 20, 2011 at 10:30 am by Simon Harding

I don’t know about you chaps, but I found this week’s Quixote a bit of a challenge. That was possibly due to there being several unfamiliar terms involved (11ac, 16ac and the conductor … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3359 (13th February)

Sun February 20, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good day to one and all. Big thank you to Everyman; this was much more the Everyman that we all know and love, with nothing to taxing. I managed to get 2dn & … Read more >>

Azed 2020: Clear vision

Sun February 20, 2011 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

A rather more tricky Azed than some recent ones, largely because it has more than the usual quota of obscure words. I needed to check quite a few answers. The first answer refers … Read more >>

Independent Saturday Prize Puzzle 7590 / Scorpion – 12 February 2011

Sat February 19, 2011 at 12:05 am by duncanshiell

A quick glance at the clues for this puzzle showed that the solution to 8 Across was going to be important as five other clues made reference to it. In fact, the five … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 25,244 by Araucaria

Sat February 19, 2011 at 10:57 amSat February 19, 2011 at 12:01 am by PeeDee

A themed puzzle from Araucaria this week. The themed answers are all obvious once the theme is spotted, but some of the other clues are not nearly so easy. The theme is a celebration of … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No. 953 – Anniversary by Oxymoron

Sat February 19, 2011 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

Several of the classic components of an EV on display here – extra letters/words in clues building a thematic sentence (minus one key word), some entries (approximately half) reversed in the grid, and … Read more >>

Independent 7,595/Phi

Fri February 18, 2011 at 12:46 pm by Ali

Great stuff as ever from Phi. Solid clueing with elegant surfaces and some lovely anagrams. My only doubt was the adjectival use of the answer at 23A, which doesn’t appear in Chambers (but … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,621 / Falcon

Sat February 19, 2011 at 3:15 amFri February 18, 2011 at 9:59 am by shuchi

A straightforward solve with some fine clues, my favourites being 26A and 5D. I’m not sure of 28A – there is either an error with my answer or with the clue. Across 1 … Read more >>

Guardian 25,249 – Orlando

Fri February 18, 2011 at 8:52 am by Andrew

A momentous and (mostly) excellent week ends with this enjoyable and reasonably straightforward puzzle from Orlando. It’s all of a pretty high standard, so I won’t pick out any particular clues, though I … Read more >>

Guardian 25,248 – Araucaria

Thu February 17, 2011 at 4:23 am by manehi

Not a surprising choice of setter following yesterday’s rather special crossword – this puzzle looked a little daunting at first but wasn’t too tricky once the grid began to fill. Slightly unsure on … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,620 / Styx

Thu February 17, 2011 at 3:20 am by smiffy

A perfectly respectable crossword, with several particularly fine clues. Just a pity for Styx that that it’s hard to escape the inevitable sense of “After the Lord Mayor’s show..” still lingering from yesterday’s … Read more >>

Independent 7594/Dac

Fri February 18, 2011 at 12:43 amThu February 17, 2011 at 1:50 am by John

After what seems to have been a succession of highly complicated and clever crosswords recently, it’s quite nice to get back to something vanilla. But what vanilla. The very best you can get. … Read more >>