July 13, 2011 at 11:04 am – Fifteensquared

Independent 7719/Dac

July 13, 2011 at 11:04 am by John

The typical excellent Dac crossword with nothing at all controversial. There are one or two slightly unusual words, or unusual uses at any rate, but they are clear enough from the wordplay. Across … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,744 by Cinephile

July 13, 2011 at 10:31 am by PeeDee

Cinephile gets everything right in this crossword: inventive, varied, no sloppy clues and exactly the right level of difficulty. Altogether a pleasure to solve and a pleasure to blog. Thanks Cinephile. Hold mouse over … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1184: Switzerland’s Finest by Chalicea

July 15, 2011 at 12:43 pmJuly 13, 2011 at 1:23 am by HolyGhost

Chalicea – a setter new to the Inquisitor {but see comment 7}, and, appropriately for me, I flew to Zürich the day after the puzzle’s publication and I’m blogging from the Bernese alps. … Read more >>

Guardian 25,373 – Puck

July 13, 2011 at 1:09 am by manehi

Not too difficult, a fun theme and some great cluing – my favourites were 1a, 18a, 3d and 13d. Across 1 FLAVOUR L[amb] in FAVOUR=”something curried” 5 MAMMOTH MAM + MOTHer are the … Read more >>