Fifteensquared – Page 1434 – Never knowingly undersolved

Enigmatic Variations 950: Resident Jokers by Owzat

Sat January 29, 2011 at 1:00 am by Shenanigans

Typical!! One of my (two) New Year resolutions is to adopt the practice of giving the full clues in my EV blogs. And what happens? I get landed with a puzzle that has … Read more >>

Independent 7572 by Nestor (Saturday Prize Puzzle 22 January 2011)

Sat January 29, 2011 at 12:05 am by twencelas

Welcome to my first blog of the Independent’s Saturday prize crossword. A very enjoyable puzzle from Nestor – not too taxing, but not without some head scratching (most notably explaining 4dn). A bit … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Crossword 25,226 by Enigmatist

Mon January 31, 2011 at 8:36 amSat January 29, 2011 at 12:01 am by PeeDee

Another good puzzle, not easy, but all there to be found if you look. I thought the construction of the clues was very tight indeed, only 5dn giving me any doubts, but this may just be … Read more >>

Independent 7,577 / Phi

Fri January 28, 2011 at 2:56 pm by RatkojaRiku

After spending a week struggling with crosswords of all descriptions and from numerous sources, and having difficulty unpicking wordplay even when I had the solution before me, Phi’s puzzle felt like a breath … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,603 / Hamilton

Fri January 28, 2011 at 4:52 pmFri January 28, 2011 at 10:11 am by shuchi

I had mixed feelings about this puzzle. Liked some clues such as 17a, 16d, found others a bit shaky. Across 1,5 PERSIAN CARPET (APPRENTICES A[lways] R[eady])*; “principal always ready” = A R? Hmmm … Read more >>

Guardian 25,231 / Quantum

Fri January 28, 2011 at 4:49 pmFri January 28, 2011 at 9:38 am by Eileen

Pondering what to say in the preamble has taken almost as long as the solve – and I still haven’t come up with anything appropriate. To say that I was surprised to see … Read more >>

Independent 7,576/Morph

Thu January 27, 2011 at 6:05 pmThu January 27, 2011 at 12:17 pm by Ali

Apologies for the lateness with this one – it’s been one of those days! I really didn’t get the chance to give this one the attention it deserves and needed to speed through … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,602 / Redshank

Thu January 27, 2011 at 9:03 pmThu January 27, 2011 at 4:32 am by smiffy

Another Thursday, another debut setter (or, at least, pseudonym). My second new opponent in consecutive blogs – the FT editor must be broadening his church further still in 2011. And it’s not too … Read more >>

Guardian 25,230 – Crucible

Thu January 27, 2011 at 1:08 am by Andrew

I seem to have got into a habit lately of sailing through one half of a puzzle and struggling with the rest. With this one I finished the bottom half quite quickly but … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,593 / Crux

Thu January 27, 2011 at 12:10 am by Agentzero

The FT gave us a pleasant change from Dante this week. Please don’t take that the wrong way — I am a fan of the cd master. But some variety in this space … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,592 by Mudd

Thu January 27, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 15 I had trouble finishing the lower-left quadrant of this puzzle and maintain a reservation about 17D (EGYPTIAN). My top clues here are 28A (BEGRUDGE) … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,601 by ALBERICH

Wed January 26, 2011 at 1:31 pmWed January 26, 2011 at 12:10 pm by PeeDee

Quite a tricky puzzle to finish, the bottom left corner had me stuck for quite a while. Lots of nice clues with some nice & Lits. I thought 27 across was nicely crafted, and 14dn made … Read more >>

Guardian 25,229 – Gordius

Wed January 26, 2011 at 11:34 amWed January 26, 2011 at 3:29 am by manehi

Solved most of this quickly but couldn’t get a foothold in the NW for a good while. Some nice clues (26d my favourite), but some (6d, 14d) were a bit shaky. Across 1 … Read more >>

Independent 7575/Dac

Wed January 26, 2011 at 2:35 am by John

As usual a lovely crossword from Dac, who week after week shows that it is not necessary to have difficult clues, simply ones that are perfectly formed. In fact the clues are so … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1160: How Many? by Phi

Thu January 27, 2011 at 8:24 pmWed January 26, 2011 at 1:23 am by HolyGhost

With hindsight, quite a tame one from Phi. A number of answers, with a common feature, are entered in an unusual manner, implying a numerical value for a letter of the alphabet. With … Read more >>