August 2011 – Page 8 – Fifteensquared

Cyclops 448

August 14, 2011 at 8:24 pmAugust 3, 2011 at 8:06 am by jetdoc

Oh dear, two whole weeks late! Circumstances (like having to go abroad for an emergency business meeting, being ill when I got back, etc.) conspired, but that’s not a good enough excuse. Just … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1187: Not Funny by Loda

August 3, 2011 at 1:23 am by kenmac

There are nine unclued entries. Eight of them represent eleven from a set and the ninth represents the last line of a quote formed by superfluous words in across clues. In the same … Read more >>

Help please – 15² on mobile browsers

August 11, 2011 at 9:40 amAugust 2, 2011 at 4:18 pm by Admin

Thanks for the feedback. It seems that comments can be viewed on some iPhones but not others. By coincidence, another WPtouch update was released today (4th Aug) and I have just installed it (circa 1800 BST). I also altered one or two of the settings but these should not affect the display of comments.

Please let me know via a comment below if the problem has been resolved by this latest update. If it hasn’t I will pursue the matter further.

Independent 7,736 / Raich

August 2, 2011 at 2:50 pm by RatkojaRiku

Raich gave me a good workout this morning, offering me enough easy clues to get started and enough of a challenge to keep me scratching my head for quite a while. Of all … Read more >>

Financial Times 13761 Jason

September 14, 2011 at 12:37 pmAugust 2, 2011 at 2:28 pm by scchua

Thanks Jason, I continue to enjoy all your puzzles to date. The easiest of the Big 3 today, but great cluing, clever surfaces and some spicy definitions. (Definitions are underlined in the clues) Across … Read more >>

Guardian 25,390 – Arachne

August 2, 2011 at 3:24 am by Uncle Yap

What a beautiful morning to be enticed into the spider’s web after being seduced last week. I really felt entertained, challenged and educated this morning after this pleasant work-out. Well done and thank … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 611 Beale

August 1, 2011 at 4:36 pmAugust 1, 2011 at 11:21 am by scchua

A straightforward puzzle from Beale. A tricky bit of parsing with 23A, though its solution was readily apparent. Thanks Beale. (Definitions are underlined in the clues) Across 8 One very absorbed by erotic … Read more >>

Independent 7735/Punk

August 1, 2011 at 10:23 am by Pierre

A wealth of wit, a soupçon of smut, and a cracking cruciverbal Monday morning. Mr Halpern’s moseyed into town. After the trauma of finding that I had to blog Anax a few weeks … Read more >>

Guardian 25,389 / Rufus

August 1, 2011 at 7:53 am by Eileen

It’s Monday, it’s Rufus – say no more! Across 1 POINTLESS: double definition 6 COPE: OP [work] in CE [Church of England] 8 COLOSSUS: LOSS [no profit] in [is taken] CO [firm] … Read more >>

Guardian Genius No 97 by Tramp

August 1, 2011 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

It was my privilege to blog Tramp’s first published puzzle (I think) which appeared in this series six months ago (Genius 91). Since then he has published non-prize cryptics in the Guardian (and … Read more >>