July 2008 – Page 7 – Fifteensquared

Independent 6775/Nimrod

July 3, 2008 at 11:38 am by neildubya

A bit of a mixed bag this: very tough in places, very easy elsewhere. Still don’t understand 10, 11 and 19 though. Across 1 ERA,SPOT< in TRICES – TRICERATOPSES. I found this very … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 959 by Quixote (29 June 2008)

July 3, 2008 at 10:00 am by nmsindy

I found this quite easy, solving time 14 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 8 AT HEIST 9 EP I ZO (Oz<) A Oz = country down under (Australia) 10 OILC … Read more >>

Guardian 24,431/Chifonie

July 3, 2008 at 9:22 am by Andrew

Today it was the bottom right-hand corner that gave me the most trouble, but apart from that I found this one mostly quite easy. A couple of explanations I’m not totally happy with … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,800 by Mudd

July 3, 2008 at 5:03 am by Pete Maclean

The top right corner of this puzzle was hard going for me. I particularly found 11A, 13A and 5D challenging and I do not understand how 8D works. Then I was totally stumped … Read more >>

FT No. 12,809 set by AARDVARK

July 16, 2008 at 12:18 pmJuly 2, 2008 at 12:03 pm by Octofem

I found this puzzle quite tricky, and a complete contrast from yesterday’s yawn. There were a good number of colloquialisms, but some clever twists and one or two clues which defeated me, q.v … Read more >>

Independent 6774 by Dac

July 2, 2008 at 11:33 am by nmsindy

The usual, excellent, well-crafted, puzzle from Dac with good variety of treatments. Solving time, fast for me, 17 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 SLIGHT Double definition 5 S (EAR) … Read more >>

Guardian 24,430/Orlando

July 2, 2008 at 6:03 pmJuly 2, 2008 at 9:23 am by Andrew

Mostly fairly straightforward, with a lot of anagrams, but the top left-hand corner had me stumped for a while. I particularly liked 2dn for its brilliant misdirection. … Read more >>

Independent 6,773/Virgilius

July 1, 2008 at 2:43 pm by Ali

A nice games-themed puzzle today. A number of references in clues and I spotted at least ten in answers scattered throughout the grid. Across 1 BOWLS – B,OWLS 4 TIC TAC TOE – … Read more >>

Guardian 24,429, Paul: On Clitheroe Moorage baht (brass) hat

July 1, 2008 at 10:59 am by michod

I guess when you’ve been setting for a while, you can either spice things up for self and solvers with esoteric themes, or you can cast ever wider into the available word-pool. Paul’s … Read more >>

Financial Times 12808 / Highlander

July 1, 2008 at 9:10 am by C G Rishikesh

A puzzle where no clue poses any especial difficulty. I solved 21dn first even as my eye took it in. I got 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 17 and 24 in the Down … Read more >>