May 2011 – Page 6 – Fifteensquared

Independent 7665 by Dac

May 11, 2011 at 1:06 pm by flashling

Dac as we’ve come to know and love. Nothing controversial to my eye, we’d expect nothing less of course from the master of smooth stuff. Less full explanations today than I’ve tried to … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,690 by Monk

May 12, 2011 at 10:59 amMay 11, 2011 at 12:58 pm by PeeDee

A difficult crossword today I thought, but got there in the end. All the clues were fair though, so no excuses on that front. There were a lot of clues with first/last letter devices … Read more >>

Guardian 25,319 / Gordius

May 11, 2011 at 12:33 pmMay 11, 2011 at 9:58 am by mhl

A nice puzzle from Gordius – with a few exceptions (noted below), I don’t think this should have created too many problems. Across 1. ORDNANCE SURVEY ORDNANCE = “Artillery” + SURVEY = “inspection”; … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1175 – Left Out by Nimrod

May 11, 2011 at 1:23 am by kenmac

The perimeter is clued thematically while the numbered clues (to the remainder of the grid) have a redundant letter in the wordplay, which spells out a message indicating what to do with the … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,689 / Hamilton

May 10, 2011 at 6:21 pmMay 10, 2011 at 11:23 am by scchua

Sorry if this looks ragged. My original bells and whistles one disappeared when I hit the Publish button, and I’m now late for dinner. Normal service will resume next week. This was enjoyably … Read more >>

Guardian 25318 – Brummie

May 10, 2011 at 4:05 amMay 10, 2011 at 3:10 am by Uncle Yap

It’s always a bonus to get another one-eyed puzzle in addition to my fortnightly ration in Private Eye. Brummie managed to weave in a mini-theme of a best-selling book and author ACROSS 8 … Read more >>

Independent 7,664 / Punk

May 11, 2011 at 9:54 pmMay 10, 2011 at 2:02 am by RatkojaRiku

Assuming that I have not got my days mixed up this week, and that I am meant to blog this one and not someone else, here we go! This puzzle was an absolute … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 599 Pan

May 9, 2011 at 6:40 pmMay 9, 2011 at 12:25 pm by scchua

Quite a straightforward puzzle, putting it somewhere left of centre in the difficulty spectrum for a Quiptic. Thanks Pan. Also thanks to fellow blogger, flashling, from whom I’ve copied the additional idea of … Read more >>

Independent 7663/Nitsy

May 9, 2011 at 3:42 pmMay 9, 2011 at 9:23 am by Pierre

I was pleased when I saw Nitsy’s name on today’s puzzle. He’s a comparatively recent addition to the Indy stable, although I believe he also sets for the FT under the name of … Read more >>

Guardian 25,317 / Rufus

May 9, 2011 at 9:45 amMay 9, 2011 at 9:08 am by Eileen

This is a classic Rufus puzzle, I think. All the hallmarks are there – succinct, witty cluing, clever anagrams [8ac, for instance] superb surfaces … There are rather more anagrams and fewer cryptic … Read more >>

Cyclops 442: Royal wedding special

May 9, 2011 at 7:48 am by jetdoc

A topical offering from Cyclops, and a nice antidote to the otherwise sycophantic press coverage which has been so difficult to avoid. 7/26, a tour de force, has to get the vote for … Read more >>

Sloggers and Betters (Midlands) 2

June 25, 2011 at 1:24 pmMay 8, 2011 at 2:15 pm by Admin

Anax/Loroso is arranging a second Midlands meet in Birmingham on Saturday 25th June, starting at around noon. For further details regarding the venue, and to indicate that you will be attending so that likely numbers can be determined, please visit his website.

Setters who have indicated attendance include Kruger, Rufus/Dante, Arachne, Raich/Gurney, Orlando/Cincinnus, Tyrus, Nimrod/Elgar and Warbler – one or two here who haven’t previously ventured into S&B world!