Financial Times 13,058/Viking
A few clues in here where the wordplay or structure seem to be a bit too forced, in order to make the idea work (e.g. 19A, 2D). However, the impressive device at 3D … Read more >>
Day: 23 April 2009
Guardian 24,681 – Shed
Medium difficulty today, I’d say. No obvious theme aside from maybe 11ac and 1dn! I like Shed normally, and this was no exception – the unknown words all seem to somehow be etymologically … Read more >>
Independent 7,026 by Ascalon
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. A début? Certainly not a setter I’ve come across before. I didn’t find this unduly taxing, but everything was very well put together. There’s a … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1001 by Quixote (19 Apr 2009)
The standard excellent Quixote puzzle as it heads into the second thousand. Solving time, 25 mins. SW corner by far the hardest for me. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 MI … Read more >>
New Administrator
As of this week there is a new administrator at Fifteensquared, myself Gaufrid. Chatmeister will cease to exist, instead any relevant comments will be posted under my pseudonym. My aim is to make … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,049 – Mudd
Monday Prize Crossword on 13 April 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,048 by Cincinnus
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of 11 April Cincinnus gives us another very fine puzzle. Every clue is technically perfect (as usual) and a good few are impressive. Across 1. NEWSREEL – … Read more >>