Guardian 26,771 – Rufus

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If Rufus has made any New Year’s resolutions, then “use fewer cryptic definitions” clearly isn’t one of them. Seven here (and four doubles), several of which I find pretty weak. Still, I know … Read more >>

Independent 9117/Radian

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Firstly, best wishes for 2016 from me to everyone in the Fifteensquared community.  Secondly, Chuffing Nora.   If the concept of the Monday Indy puzzle being ‘the easy one’ started disappearing last year, … Read more >>

Everyman 3612

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I think this is the first Everyman that I have had the opportunity to blog. I don’t solve many in this series, perhaps one a month, and so cannot really comment as to how … Read more >>

Azed 2272 “Snowflake”

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This Christmas puzzle employs a device that I don’t remember Azed using before.  The special instructions state: “In the completed diagram, eight words in jumbled form may be seen radiating from and including the central square, which must be deduced”.

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AZED 2,273 Plain

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I enjoyed this one very much.  The dictionary got off lightly this time as I seemed to know (or at least vaguely remember) most of the words here, unusual for me.  Thank you Azed.

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Guardian 26,764 / Imogen

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Some lovely clues here, but we found this puzzle very tough, which I imagine will be the case for many solvers. The special instructions were: Definitions in nine clues lead to solutions (one … Read more >>

My Thanks

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By now, apart from a few outlying islands, the whole globe will have seen in the New Year (or, as in my case, will have been asleep when it arrived). It is therefore … Read more >>