January 2011 – Page 2 – Fifteensquared

Guardian 25,231 / Quantum

January 28, 2011 at 4:49 pmJanuary 28, 2011 at 9:38 am by Eileen

Pondering what to say in the preamble has taken almost as long as the solve – and I still haven’t come up with anything appropriate. To say that I was surprised to see … Read more >>

Independent 7,576/Morph

January 27, 2011 at 6:05 pmJanuary 27, 2011 at 12:17 pm by Ali

Apologies for the lateness with this one – it’s been one of those days! I really didn’t get the chance to give this one the attention it deserves and needed to speed through … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,602 / Redshank

January 27, 2011 at 9:03 pmJanuary 27, 2011 at 4:32 am by smiffy

Another Thursday, another debut setter (or, at least, pseudonym). My second new opponent in consecutive blogs – the FT editor must be broadening his church further still in 2011. And it’s not too … Read more >>

Guardian 25,230 – Crucible

January 27, 2011 at 1:08 am by Andrew

I seem to have got into a habit lately of sailing through one half of a puzzle and struggling with the rest. With this one I finished the bottom half quite quickly but … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,593 / Crux

January 27, 2011 at 12:10 am by Agentzero

The FT gave us a pleasant change from Dante this week. Please don’t take that the wrong way — I am a fan of the cd master. But some variety in this space … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,592 by Mudd

January 27, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 15 I had trouble finishing the lower-left quadrant of this puzzle and maintain a reservation about 17D (EGYPTIAN). My top clues here are 28A (BEGRUDGE) … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,601 by ALBERICH

January 26, 2011 at 1:31 pmJanuary 26, 2011 at 12:10 pm by PeeDee

Quite a tricky puzzle to finish, the bottom left corner had me stuck for quite a while. Lots of nice clues with some nice & Lits. I thought 27 across was nicely crafted, and 14dn made … Read more >>

Guardian 25,229 – Gordius

January 26, 2011 at 11:34 amJanuary 26, 2011 at 3:29 am by manehi

Solved most of this quickly but couldn’t get a foothold in the NW for a good while. Some nice clues (26d my favourite), but some (6d, 14d) were a bit shaky. Across 1 … Read more >>

Independent 7575/Dac

January 26, 2011 at 2:35 am by John

As usual a lovely crossword from Dac, who week after week shows that it is not necessary to have difficult clues, simply ones that are perfectly formed. In fact the clues are so … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1160: How Many? by Phi

January 27, 2011 at 8:24 pmJanuary 26, 2011 at 1:23 am by HolyGhost

With hindsight, quite a tame one from Phi. A number of answers, with a common feature, are entered in an unusual manner, implying a numerical value for a letter of the alphabet. With … Read more >>

Independent 7574 / Mordred

January 25, 2011 at 10:55 am by duncanshiell

I’m an emergency stand-in today, so apologies for the slight delay in posting. I’m not a regular daily Independent solver – I tend to get The Independent on Saturday for the Inquisitor (which … Read more >>

Guardian 25228 Paul …Make Your Armpit Your Charmpit

January 25, 2011 at 8:03 amJanuary 25, 2011 at 3:27 am by Uncle Yap

Today I felt quite dense and took a very long time to finish off Paul’s puzzle and even then had problems understanding some of the wordplay. Fortunately, I have the eight hour advantage … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,600 / Neo

January 25, 2011 at 4:00 amJanuary 25, 2011 at 2:49 am by Agentzero

I was happy to see Neo in the Tuesday FT again. As always, there is plenty here to entertain the solver. Across 1 CROSS-REFER d&cd A cross-reference that refers to a cross. 7 … Read more >>

Guardian 25,227 / Orlando

January 24, 2011 at 2:54 pmJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:39 pm by mhl

A very nice puzzle from Orlando today, although I think many people would think it rather difficult for Monday in the Guardian. I look forward to seeing many of you in Derby on … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 584/Moley

January 24, 2011 at 10:27 am by Pierre

It’s the first time I’ve blogged a puzzle by Moley, and I was pleased when her name came up because I’ve enjoyed her Quiptics in the past. I enjoyed this too and thought … Read more >>