Never knowingly undersolved
Some particularly nice anagram clues this time. Across 7 ROOST ROO,ST 9 SCAPEGOAT S,CAPE,GOAT 10 MASTER-KEY (MEERKAT’S)* Y AInd: screwed Favourite clue: Penetrator of more than one hole, meerkat’s screwed an unknown quantity … Read more >>
Solving time: 12:56 I probably found this a little easier than usual for Araucaria, until I came to the last three clues (EMBRYO, MULCT and STEEL [BLUE]) which took a fair chunk of … Read more >>
A nice crossword from Azed, with several good clues. His grids are always excellent: how he manages to fit in so many long words and avoid using three-letter-words I don’t know. Across 1 STARCH BLOCKER — … Read more >>
It doesn’t look as if Smiffy is going to be able to join us today. He must be otherwise occupied, or his pc has crashed, so here is a brief analysis of today’s … Read more >>
A day late (Blame the uploaders!) Quite a pleasant puzzle but I personally would prefer fewer Proper nouns. Late in the morning – blame me. I typed it all and then managed to … Read more >>
I think this puzzle was my fastest Indy solve of the year so far, a little less than 10 mins. Word after word went in from the definitions and crossing letters – the … Read more >>
An interesting grid, dominated by four long Down clues. I managed most of it ok but came unstuck on 6D due to mis-marking it as 6,9 instead of 5,10. A lot of the … Read more >>
Across One of the easiest Saturday puzzles we’ve had in a long time but no less enjoyable for that. This would be a great puzzle for beginners to try as the cluing is … Read more >>
We were told that there were twenty-one special clues, seven with wordplay leading to the answer plus an extra letter, seven with wordplay leading to the answer with one letter missing and seven … Read more >>
We are told that eight seven-letter terms radiate outwards from the central square which contains the initial of one whose outlook was 34 and whose name is spelled out in the shaded squares. … Read more >>
As usual with Gordius’s puzzles, I found this one rather difficult, so there are quite a few questions below. It was very enjoyable, but something of a guilty pleasure considering the amount of … Read more >>
Good puzzle, easy in places, tougher in others. I still don’t understand 3, 6 and 22d though. Across 8 TEST TUBE – liked the definition here: “Birthplace of Science”. 9/15 (NINEVEH ABOUT)*,N – … Read more >>
I found this one quite easy – solving time, 13 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 6 PR (O F) ESS OR 8 IMP thE L 10 1 C EBERG (grebe)< … Read more >>
Well, here it is, the first EV blog to appear on Fifteensquared! We were told in the preamble that half the clues lacked a common definition and that the answers had to be … Read more >>
From Monday Prize Crossword on 13th October 2008 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = … Read more >>