Fifteensquared – Page 993 – Never knowingly undersolved

Financial Times 14,987 – Dante

Thu October 29, 2015 at 5:38 pmThu July 30, 2015 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 20, 2015

Dante as Dante can be. Meaning: mostly easy but then he’ll have you to start thinking about how to fully complete the puzzle.

Financial Times 14,986 by Dogberry

Thu July 30, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 18, 2015

Financial Times 14,995 by MONK

Wed July 29, 2015 at 12:28 pm by PeeDee

I started off quite easily in the top-left, which made me double check that it was actually by Monk. Things soon got back to normal and there followed a satisfying struggle to finish. My apologies for the late posting, the morning has been an endless sequence of interruptions. There is certainly a Nina in here somewhere, I will start hunting for it now and update the post when I find it. Thank you Monk, excellent as always.

Guardian 26,636 – Nutmeg

Wed July 29, 2015 at 8:35 am by Andrew

After yesterday’s expert duffing-up by Vlad I was expecting (or hoping for?) something a little gentler today, but I found this one pretty hard too. However, it was soundly and accurately clued (apart … Read more >>

Independent 8982 / Quixote

Wed July 29, 2015 at 8:08 am by Bertandjoyce

Our first thoughts when we saw the puzzle was the rather odd looking grid – the same thoughts we had yesterday. This time however, there was no apparent reason for the fact that … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1395: Dominance by Kruger

Wed July 29, 2015 at 1:55 pmWed July 29, 2015 at 12:01 am by kenmac

Preamble: Most clues contain either wordplay yielding an extra or missing letter or a single-letter misprint in the definition (approximately equal numbers of each). In order, the extra/missing/ correct letters give a quotation … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,994 by ARMONIE

Tue July 28, 2015 at 6:24 pm by Turbolegs

Many thanks Turbolegs for stepping into the breach – Gaufrid

Financial Times 14,994 / Armonie

Tue July 28, 2015 at 6:27 pmTue July 28, 2015 at 5:14 pm by Gaufrid

It would appear that the scheduled blogger has been unable to be with us today. I will try to get a quick analysis of the clues posted early this evening (when I’ve solve … Read more >>

Guardian 26,635 by Vlad

Tue July 28, 2015 at 2:45 pm by flashling

Sorry I’m not able to give full justice to this great crossword

Independent 8,981 / Hieroglyph

Tue July 28, 2015 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

Hieroglyph is occupying this week’s Tuesday slot, with one of his themed puzzles for us to crack. Like the themed puzzle of his that I blogged on bird species, there are a couple … Read more >>

Independent 8980/mystery setter (update: it’s Raich)

Mon July 27, 2015 at 10:32 amMon July 27, 2015 at 7:30 am by Pierre

Bonjour! Not quite sure what’s occurring here, because in the online version it was unnumbered and the compiler wasn’t shown. So I hope I’ve blogged the right puzzle on the right day. A … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 819 Pan

Tue July 28, 2015 at 1:38 amMon July 27, 2015 at 4:08 am by scchua

(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) Thanks to Pan for a puzzle … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 819 with Picture Quiz

Tue July 28, 2015 at 1:45 amMon July 27, 2015 at 4:00 am by scchua

(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Thanks to Pan for a puzzle that’s par for the Quiptic genre. Definitions are … Read more >>

Guardian 26,634 by Rufus

Mon July 27, 2015 at 2:11 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26634.

Beelzebub 1,324

Sun July 26, 2015 at 11:18 amSun July 26, 2015 at 1:00 am by Simon Harding

I know that Gaufrid has been finding Beelzebub to be leaning towards the easier end of the spectrum recently. I can’t say I’ve always found the same, but certainly this one all came … Read more >>