Fifteensquared – Page 897 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian Cryptic 27,120 by Screw

Tue February 14, 2017 at 2:17 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27120.

Guardian 27,119 / Chifonie

Mon February 13, 2017 at 10:59 amMon February 13, 2017 at 9:23 am by Eileen

My third Chifonie puzzle to blog in a row, so I’m running out of things to say. Another ‘characteristic medley of charades, anagrams and double definitions’ but with a couple of examples [12ac … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 900/Hectence

Mon February 13, 2017 at 9:10 am by Pierre

A nicely-judged Quiptic from Hectence, I thought. There were a few that were difficult to parse, though. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator … Read more >>

Independent 9,465 by Dutch

Mon February 13, 2017 at 7:58 pmMon February 13, 2017 at 9:00 am by NealH

Top-notch stuff from Dutch. There was a good balance of clues and some had excellent surface readings.

Independent on Sunday 1,407 by Peter

Sun February 12, 2017 at 6:10 pmSun February 12, 2017 at 12:58 pm by PeeDee

Lots and lots of charades in here, but they are all good ones so that’s OK! Thank you Peter.

Azed 2330 – Rescheduled

Sun February 12, 2017 at 10:48 am by Admin

Because the closing date for entries has been extended by a week, the blog for this puzzle has been rescheduled and will now appear next Sunday (19th Feb).

Everyman 3,669

Sun February 12, 2017 at 12:01 am by flashling

Well it’s the Everyman, and this time it’s my turn to blog.

Guardian Prize 27,112 by Brendan

Sat February 11, 2017 at 3:05 pmSat February 11, 2017 at 9:03 am by PeeDee

Super puzzle. I found this was made tricky by the definitions, not always the obvious ones I was looking for. Thanks Brendan.

Independent 9464 (Sat 11-Feb 2017) Nestor

Sat February 11, 2017 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

This was a puzzle where the “All Reversed” method was used in the wordplay many more times than usual. Not that I noticed till writing the blog. I’m certainly happy to see Nestor’s … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No. 1263: The Creeping Man by Jaques

Sat February 11, 2017 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

The preamble to THE CREEPING MAN states that:“One letter must be removed from each clue before solving; in clue order, these identify a group of people associated with THE CREEPING MAN. Having completed … Read more >>

Guardian 27,117 / Pan

Fri February 10, 2017 at 9:26 am by Eileen

Pan has been setting Quiptic crosswords on Mondays ever since their introduction, six and a half years ago and this is his / her [after all this time, Pan’s identity still seems to … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,470 by ARTEXLEN

Fri February 10, 2017 at 9:25 am by Turbolegs

Thanks Artexlen, for a reasonably straightforward challenge today.

Independent 9463 / Phi

Fri February 10, 2017 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Phi has given a crossword with a sort of structural theme When I say structural theme, I am talking about the form of many of the entries which are constructed … Read more >>

Independent 9,462 by Wiglaf

Thu February 9, 2017 at 6:03 pmThu February 9, 2017 at 10:45 am by John

This was hard work. No real complaints though, since it was all soundly clued so far as I could see, and some of the clues are very good. I particularly liked 7dn, 1ac and 23ac. And 5dn too, despite its reminder of that blemish on a game that is so much loved.

Definitions underlined and in maroon.

Financial Times 15,469 by ORENSE

Thu February 9, 2017 at 7:42 am by loonapick

My first Orense for a while…