August 2011 – Page 6 – Fifteensquared

Guardian 25,398 – Brendan

Thu August 11, 2011 at 8:53 am by Andrew

In a world gone slightly mad, it was a delight (as always) to take some refuge in this puzzle, whose theme is a well-known play and an even better-known speech from it, part … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,760 – Crux

Wed August 31, 2011 at 11:18 amThu August 11, 2011 at 12:15 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 1 Maybe it’s just me (or perhaps the mood I was in whilst solving this crossword), but I thought this Crux puzzle wasn’t the easiest of Monday Prize Crosswords. Across … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,759 by Cinephile, Dogberry and Io

Thu August 11, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 30 I offer my congratulations and best wishes to John Halpern, our very own Mudd (a.k.a. Paul, Dada and Punk — see our Setters page), … Read more >>

Guardian 25,397 / Crucible

Wed August 10, 2011 at 4:14 pmWed August 10, 2011 at 9:55 am by duncanshiell

The appearance of a Crucible puzzle in The Guardian today was flagged in the Fifteensquared comments on yesterday’s Independent puzzle from Radian. Crucible is The Guardian incarnation of Radian. Perhaps compilers could tell … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,768 by Cinephile

Sun August 14, 2011 at 7:24 pmWed August 10, 2011 at 8:26 am by PeeDee

Another interesting and varied crossword from Cinephile. I liked 1,9 for the the construction, 3 down made me laugh, 8 down for its cleverness. No time for any more preamble as I’m about to leave … Read more >>

Independent 7743/Dac

Wed August 10, 2011 at 2:22 am by John

As always a silky-smooth production from Dac. Some of the surfaces are, even by his high standards, quite excellent. Across 1 CHAP EL{i} 5 APPOSITE — (op(rev). sit) in a PE — breathtakingly … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1188: Firsts by Schadenfreude

Wed August 10, 2011 at 1:23 am by HolyGhost

I have to say, this was a masterful offering from Schadenfreude, an old friend of the Inquisitor, and invariably ‘firm but fair’ – this was no exception. The puzzle concerns two people … Read more >>

Independent no. 7742 by Radian

Tue August 9, 2011 at 2:29 pm by flashling

When I started to blog here I never thought I’d be reporting from a war zone. So a warm, ok fiery welcome from SE London Gosh I found this hard, the theme is … Read more >>

Financial Times 13767 PHSSTHPOK

Tue August 9, 2011 at 2:06 pmTue August 9, 2011 at 12:36 pm by scchua

Thanks PHSSTHPOK for this puzzle – I’m sure your puzzles are getting more difficult with time! The bottom half was quite quickly filled in, but the top half, especially the NE corner, proved … Read more >>

Guardian 25,396 – Chifonie

Tue August 9, 2011 at 8:16 amTue August 9, 2011 at 2:39 am by Uncle Yap

Chifonie served up a delightful potpourri of entertaining clues that shouldn’t overtax the regulars here. Much fun to solve and very correct, too. ACROSS 1 BRASSY Ins of SS (ship) in BRAY (donkey’s … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 25395 Rufus

Mon August 8, 2011 at 4:47 pmMon August 8, 2011 at 1:33 pm by scchua

This is an Occasion – my first blog of the most prolific crossword setter in the world. Thanks Rufus, for all those crosswords, including those not covered in 15sq’d. (My wife does the … Read more >>

Independent 7741 by Quixote

Mon August 8, 2011 at 12:57 pm by NealH

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism I found this a bit tougher than the usual Quixote. The presence of a few unusual words like moot, halberdier and imprest meant it … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 612/Pan

Mon August 8, 2011 at 9:49 amMon August 8, 2011 at 8:51 am by Pierre

I thought this was a fine example of an entry-level puzzle from Pan. Since Fifteensquared started blogging the Quiptic almost a year ago, the general feedback has been that solvers at this level … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,119 (31/07/11)

Sun August 7, 2011 at 11:35 pmSun August 7, 2011 at 8:07 pm by Simon Harding

A very tough puzzle that had me pecking away at it for most of the week, though it was very satisfying when I did manage to work things out! There were a lot … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,120 by Anax

Sun August 7, 2011 at 7:51 am by Simon Harding

I think this may be a Sunday debut from Anax, and I’m certain that he will be a welcome addition to the lineup as far as solvers are concerned. That said, I wasn’t … Read more >>