February 2009 – Page 7 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times 12,984 – Dante

Thu February 5, 2009 at 12:02 am by Uncle Yap

Monday Prize Crossword on 26 January 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,983 by Cincinnus

Thu February 5, 2009 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Weekend FT prize puzzle from January 24 I found the top-left quadrant of this puzzle to be a challenge to complete. I was not familiar with the Battle of Solferino and was thwarted … Read more >>

Independent 6959/Dac

Wed February 4, 2009 at 1:22 pm by John

Is it just me, or is Dac becoming a bit harder? No objections though: as usual everything made pretty good sense once I’d got there. Across 1 POM ACE 4 SQUATTER — 2 … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,992 / Io

Wed February 4, 2009 at 12:54 pm by Gaufrid

I can’t say I particularly enjoyed this one but that may be partly due to the fact that I woke up with toothache this morning. Some of the surfaces seemed ‘strained’ or didn’t … Read more >>

Guardian 24,614 – Brendan

Wed February 4, 2009 at 10:57 amWed February 4, 2009 at 9:40 am by manehi

Found this rather easy today, got a couple of answers that were connected by 11, 19 and 26, got these, and then the rest of the related answers very soon after. Lots of … Read more >>

FT blogging – Situations Vacant

Wed February 4, 2009 at 9:31 am by neildubya

We have two vacancies on our FT team: Rishi, who has provided excellent coverage of the Tuesday puzzle for a year, has decided to retire at the end of February. Also, Octofem, our … Read more >>

Independent 6,958/Morph

Tue February 3, 2009 at 6:38 pmTue February 3, 2009 at 12:32 pm by Ali

Always good to get the chance to blog a Morph puzzle. You can be fairly sure there’ll be a good selection of cheeky, inventive clues and a decent challenge along the way. And … Read more >>

Financial Times 12991 / Neo

Thu February 5, 2009 at 1:41 amTue February 3, 2009 at 8:41 am by C G Rishikesh

This puzzle has four 14-letter phrases, each of which are in two slots in the grid. I generally don’t like this kind of splitting but to the credit of the composer I must … Read more >>

Guardian 24,613 – Taupi

Wed February 4, 2009 at 2:09 amTue February 3, 2009 at 6:44 am by Uncle Yap

dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram Quite a challenging puzzle; mostly enjoyable except … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 67 / Shed

Sat March 14, 2009 at 11:47 pmMon February 2, 2009 at 12:02 pm by mhl

The hidden theme of this excellent crossword is “Composers”: most uses of the letter C in the clues should be read as “composer” for the clue to make sense. This perhaps wasn’t as … Read more >>

Independent 6957 by Merlin

Mon February 2, 2009 at 11:28 am by NealH

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone A Groundhog Day themed puzzle, although the joke of having the phrase appear three times owed more to the Bill Murray film than the weather forecasting event. I think … Read more >>

Authorwise search

Fri December 3, 2010 at 6:26 pmMon February 2, 2009 at 10:45 am by C G Rishikesh

Sometime ago a kind soul had given a tip (among the comments here) on how to marshal all the posts of a particular blogger. I found it useful. Now I am unable to … Read more >>

Guardian 24,612/Rufus

Mon February 2, 2009 at 9:58 amMon February 2, 2009 at 8:58 am by Andrew

Three Guardian blogs in a row – people will be getting sick of the sight of me! Anyway, a nice gentle Rufus for this snowy morning. I particularly liked 15ac and 27ac for … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 383 – Have a go

Mon February 2, 2009 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

Another fairly easy outing from Cyclops, particularly in comparison to his Saturday Prize Guardian Brummie (24-Jan) which I struggled with just before tackling this one, so I may be over-judging how easy this … Read more >>

Azed 1913 – Plain

Sun February 1, 2009 at 3:31 pm by petebiddlecombe

Solving time: about 70 minutes in 3 bursts, with Chambers used for last 15 or so answers. Some of this was pretty straightforward, but I was held up a long time by 17/23 … Read more >>