June 2011 – Page 4 – Fifteensquared

Independent 7692 by Monk (Saturday prize puzzle 11 6 11)

Sat June 18, 2011 at 12:11 am by twencelas

What’s so special about the eleventh of June? Well it’s another Monk puzzle to blog. Some lovely clues again from Monk – 11ac, 28ac, 15ac, 7dn and 23dn are probably my top five, … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 25,346 / Pasquale

Sat June 18, 2011 at 8:20 amSat June 18, 2011 at 12:02 am by Eileen

An entertaining puzzle from Pasquale, in which we were told that six solutions were undefined in their clues, with five lying within the bounds of the sixth. I think non-UK residents might have … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,722 / Mudd

Sat June 18, 2011 at 7:01 amFri June 17, 2011 at 11:45 am by shuchi

Mudd with a geographical bent in this fun crossword. I got the answers in a rush at first but ground to a halt in the bottom-left corner, only to realize that my answer … Read more >>

Guardian 25,351 / Tramp

Fri June 17, 2011 at 10:31 amFri June 17, 2011 at 9:39 am by Eileen

I’ve been looking forward to Tramp’s second Guardian cryptic, having blogged his début Fawlty Towers-themed puzzle, so I was very pleased to land this one, too. I didn’t detect a theme this time … Read more >>

Independent 7,697 / Phi

Fri June 17, 2011 at 11:53 amFri June 17, 2011 at 9:00 am by RatkojaRiku

I wasn’t on Phi’s wavelength as much today as I normally am, but I think that I got there in the end! There were more new words to me here (1A, 3, 13, … Read more >>

Independent 7,696/Mordred

Thu June 16, 2011 at 1:40 pm by Ali

This was a nice challenge from Mordred. Plenty of well-hidden definitions and neat wordplay , and a number of what seem to be trademark &lits. A few less-common words here and there – … Read more >>

Guardian 25,350 – Araucaria

Thu June 16, 2011 at 12:28 pmThu June 16, 2011 at 9:07 am by Andrew

I found it very hard to get started on this one, but once I’d got a few answers in it yielded steadily, with the exception of a phrase I’d never heard of at … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,721 / Bradman

Thu June 16, 2011 at 12:32 pmThu June 16, 2011 at 8:55 am by Gaufrid

This was probably my quickest ever solve of one of Don’s puzzles in any of his incarnations. There was only one answer with which I was not familiar (3dn) but this was readily … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,711 by Mudd

Thu June 16, 2011 at 12:46 pmThu June 16, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 4 Here is a fine Mudd only with a couple of clues that I am not completely sure about my reading of. My favourites are … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,720 by GAFF

Wed June 15, 2011 at 4:03 pmWed June 15, 2011 at 2:25 pm by PeeDee

A very good crossword from Gaff, which I enjoyed immensely. I started late, as I had to retrieve a sick child from school, and then after a long time was still staring a grid … Read more >>

Independent 7695/Dac

Wed June 15, 2011 at 10:36 am by John

As always a lovely crossword from Dac. I solved it online and didn’t time myself, but there seemed to be nothing of any great difficulty here: it all went in very smoothly, something … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic Nº 25,349 by Orlando: A tall story

Wed June 15, 2011 at 12:30 pmWed June 15, 2011 at 4:35 am by PeterO

This time a title is in order, since tales are plastered all over the clues. Enjoyable, with some fine surfaces and a few convoluted wordplays. Across 1. Far from gayest sort of sodomite? … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1180: Football-Free Zone by Raich

Wed June 15, 2011 at 1:23 am by HolyGhost

Extra letters in the wordplay of across clues indicate how answers to down clues are to be entered. Seven letters have to be highlighted in the completed grid. An 11×11 grid, and … Read more >>

Independent 7693 by Tees

Tue June 14, 2011 at 12:08 pmTue June 14, 2011 at 10:56 am by flashling

A Tuesday Teeser… well it’s theme day but I struggled to spot it for a while. Lots of NW corner clues seem to refer to Gods but this proved a wild goose chase… … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,719 / Armonie

Tue June 14, 2011 at 8:45 am by Gaufrid

One for the beginners today with generally straightforward wordplay and nothing particularly obscure. A very quick solve for me with 90% of the answers being entered during my first pass through the clues. … Read more >>