Fifteensquared – Page 977 – Never knowingly undersolved

Independent 9033 by Klingsor (Saturday Prize Puzzle 26 September 2015)

Fri December 6, 2019 at 7:37 amSat October 3, 2015 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

A challenging cryptic workout from Klingsor, worthy of a Saturday prize slot, IMHO (if people say that any more?!) I couldn’t see any fancy frills – Nina, theme, etc. – but there was … Read more >>

Server Problem

Fri October 2, 2015 at 5:36 pmFri October 2, 2015 at 3:38 pm by Admin

Edit: It would appear that from around 1715 things have returned to normal. However, if you are still experiencing problems please let me know in a comment below. There is a problem with … Read more >>

Independent 9,038 / Phi

Fri December 13, 2019 at 9:04 amFri October 2, 2015 at 2:50 pm by RatkojaRiku

My apologies for the late posting, owing to a rather unusual Friday for me. Reassuringly, there’s nothing unusual about crossing cruciverbal swords with Phi on a Friday. I found that this was a … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,051 by BRADMAN

Fri October 2, 2015 at 2:31 pm by Turbolegs

It felt like Bradman has been possessed by Io. This has got to be the toughest Bradman challenge I have had to deal with yet. Cant say I enjoyed it much, especially since I had to use external help that I keenly loathe. Nevertheless, I do hope other solvers did good justice and had a better time than I did in cracking this.

Guardian 26,692 by Paul

Fri October 2, 2015 at 2:03 pmFri October 2, 2015 at 3:25 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26692.

Guardian 26,691 / Arachne

Thu October 1, 2015 at 9:32 am by Eileen

This is beginning to be embarrassing – my third consecutive Arachne blog. [It’s a good job my fellow-bloggers know how our rota works and that there’s no chicanery on my part.] It’s difficult … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,050 by ORENSE

Thu October 1, 2015 at 8:53 am by David and Linda

Very straightforward. Thanks, Orense.

Independent 9037 / Rorschach

Thu October 1, 2015 at 8:18 amThu October 1, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Rorschach is a setter who appears in the Independent less frequently than many others. Rorschach’s puzzles tend to generate quite a lot of comment. There was a lot going on … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,041 – Crux

Thu October 29, 2015 at 5:32 pmThu October 1, 2015 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword / Sep 21, 2015

It’s been a while since we had a Crux crossword but here he is again, with the inclusion of quite a few cryptic definitions.

Financial Times 15,040 by Mudd

Thu October 1, 2015 at 3:39 pmThu October 1, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 19, 2015 This seems a fairly typical Mudd with a good number of double definitions including my clue of the week 23a (STRIKER). My other … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,049 by WANDERER

Wed September 30, 2015 at 11:57 am by PeeDee

I enjoyed this. I thought this was a nice level of difficulty; the answers did not give themselves away, but it was not a fight to the death like some of the Wednesday puzzles can be (setters – you know who you are!). Thanks Wanderer.

Guardian 26,690 by Puck

Wed September 30, 2015 at 3:00 pmWed September 30, 2015 at 9:55 am by manehi

Enjoyable, but a bit of a struggle…

Independent 9,036 by Quixote

Thu October 1, 2015 at 5:49 pmWed September 30, 2015 at 9:51 am by John

As one always gets from Quixote, an utterly satisfactory, fairly easy but finally tricky, challenge. I went steadily and smoothly through this and then took a long time to finish it off with HABILIMENT, VICE and STELAE my last ones in.

Definitions are underlined.

Inquisitor 1404: Rise and Fall by Nutmeg

Sat October 3, 2015 at 3:30 pmWed September 30, 2015 at 12:01 am by HolyGhost

I have a soft spot for Nutmeg‘s puzzles; typical clues are polished gems. Preamble: Down answers are entered with one letter out of place, that letter being moved to the shaded upper/lower … Read more >>

Guardian 26,689 – Otterden

Tue September 29, 2015 at 9:37 am by Andrew

At the risk of repeating myself, I am still not warming to Otterden’s style. Although there are some nice ideas here, but there are just too many examples where, for me, the cryptic … Read more >>