June 2011 – Page 6 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times no. 13,715 by Monk

Thu June 9, 2011 at 11:24 am by Ringo

Took me a little while, this, but that may say more about me than about the puzzle. I had to look up a couple of the trickier words, but the wordplay was mostly … Read more >>

Independent 7690/Punk

Thu June 9, 2011 at 11:06 am by John

A good crossword as usual from Punk. The long down clue in the middle I thought told us the theme, which was confirmed by 19ac and 27ac, but there weren’t many more answers … Read more >>

Guardian 25,344 / Gordius

Thu June 9, 2011 at 9:43 am by Eileen

Rather surprisingly, it’s me for the second time this week. I was asked to stand in – it’s not that I put in a special request for a Gordius! 😉 Across 8 BEDSTRAW: … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,705 by Cincinnus

Thu June 9, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 28 More gems from Cincinnus this week. I especially like 1A (APPENDICES), 7A (FADO) and 8D (DETOURS). Then there is one of his brilliant long … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,714 by Gozo

Wed June 8, 2011 at 9:17 pmWed June 8, 2011 at 12:15 pm by PeeDee

A nice crossword today from Gozo with a good range of clues, some quite easy and some more tricky. Something for everybody I thought. I also learned quite a few interesting facts researching the solutions for … Read more >>

Independent 7689 by DAC

Wed June 8, 2011 at 12:45 pmWed June 8, 2011 at 10:08 am by flashling

Wednesday and it’s DAC again, lovely stuff as ever, great anagrams and surfaces abound No obvious theme although there is a few acting related answers Across 1 MOVIE M.O. + VIE 4 … Read more >>

Guardian 25,343 / Araucaria

Wed June 8, 2011 at 10:38 pmWed June 8, 2011 at 9:55 am by mhl

There are lots of nice clues in this puzzle, but this was a typically problematic Araucaria for me, in that there were lots of references I didn’t know ….. (LAUD, HYDE, MECHLIN, NOCTULE, … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1179 – Five Characters in Search of an Author by Samuel

Wed June 8, 2011 at 10:56 amWed June 8, 2011 at 1:23 am by kenmac

Unusually, I think, the title virtually gives away the theme. Certainly I wasn’t at all surprised when the theme revealed itself. Twelve of the clues lead to an extra letter which spell … Read more >>

Independent 7,688 / Raich

Tue June 7, 2011 at 9:55 pmTue June 7, 2011 at 3:49 pm by RatkojaRiku

Not as detailed a blog as I would have liked to produce today, owing to unexpected personal commitments. However, an enjoyable puzzle with an entertaining theme that I didn’t spot for a long … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,713 / Loroso

Tue June 7, 2011 at 12:08 pmTue June 7, 2011 at 11:17 am by Gaufrid

When I agreed to stand in for scchua I was hoping that I would get a Loroso to blog and I have not been disappointed. As usual with this setter there are some excellent … Read more >>

Cyclops 444: Oddments and sodments

Tue June 7, 2011 at 2:36 pmTue June 7, 2011 at 9:14 am by jetdoc

Many apologies for the late posting — I wrote this last week, when away from home, but didn’t quite have it ready to post. And the last few days have been absolutely chaotic, … Read more >>

Guardian 25,342 – Brummie

Tue June 7, 2011 at 8:58 amTue June 7, 2011 at 3:08 am by Uncle Yap

Brummie’s puzzles are always fun to solve and today’s selection of clues has its share of all kinds of devices. Best of all, it reminded me of carefree days of yore, playing board … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 95 / Lavatch

Tue June 7, 2011 at 8:21 amMon June 6, 2011 at 10:06 pm by mhl

A very clever puzzle from Lavatch. Below I’ve set out the clues with the answers they directly lead to, and below that I’ll explain what has to be done to them to get … Read more >>

Independent 7687 by Morph

Mon June 6, 2011 at 1:15 pm by NealH

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism I found this quite tough going and it took me a long time to see how some of the clues worked. There were a … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 603 / Hectence

Mon June 6, 2011 at 2:20 pmMon June 6, 2011 at 11:12 am by Big Dave

While I really enjoyed this puzzle, I thought that many of the constructs and indicators were a bit too difficult for a Quiptic. As with the previous Quiptic that I reviewed from this … Read more >>