November 2008 – Page 7 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times 12916 / Armonie

November 4, 2008 at 5:11 am by C G Rishikesh

A good puzzle. There may be a couple of old chestnuts (e.g., 26ac) but many clues for even familiar and often-encountered words (e.g., EXPRESS) have been given a new twist. The surface reading … Read more >>

Independent 6880 by Nimrod

November 3, 2008 at 7:20 pmNovember 3, 2008 at 12:26 pm by NealH

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone Apologies for the late posting. I was too busy at work today to give this the two or three hours of attention I would have needed to get through … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 64/Locum – The A-Team

March 14, 2009 at 11:50 pmNovember 3, 2008 at 12:00 pm by Andrew

After two very tough offerings from Paul and Brummie, this required very little genius in either solving the clues or fitting the answers into the grid. An enjoyable enough puzzle, and a clever … Read more >>

Guardian 24536 / Rufus

November 3, 2008 at 11:00 amNovember 3, 2008 at 10:05 am by mhl

A very good start to the week, with lots of clues that made me smile. I think my particular favourites here were two of the three musical ones: 16 across and 25 down. … Read more >>

Azed 1900/did I miss something?

November 3, 2008 at 12:52 pmNovember 2, 2008 at 12:05 am by ilancaron

Still restricting myself to a Listener-only diet, Azed comes as a welcome relief in the advanced cryptic scheme of things. I found this puzzle to have the normal level of well-constructed clues requiring … Read more >>

Guardian 24,529 (Sat 25 Oct)/Brummie – Stoup and roup

November 1, 2008 at 12:15 am by rightback

Solving time: 9:51 A rare Saturday outing for Brummie. Nothing too difficult, although NO STRINGS, DROSOPHILA and LUTYENS probably accounted for a third of my time. I enjoyed the puzzle but thought a … Read more >>