February 2012 – Page 3 – Fifteensquared

Independent 7911/Dac

Wed February 22, 2012 at 1:50 am by John

As we expect, a smooth efficient job from Dac. Some of the clues are excellent and it is sad that these masterpieces which he produces week after week are here for a day and then almost completely forgotten. … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1216: Cold Cuts by Loda

Sat June 8, 2013 at 10:57 pmWed February 22, 2012 at 1:23 am by HolyGhost

Four clues have a misprint, and the rest have a redundant word. A jumble of the corrections to the misprints form a word that is thematically associated with eight unclued entries, and the … Read more >>

Sloggers & Betters (Northern) April 2012

Tue February 21, 2012 at 11:35 am by tilsit

Thanks for all the interest in the next S&B do to be held in Todmorden. Unfortunately I have had to move it back a week due to venue problems and it will now … Read more >>

Financial Times 13933 Gurney

Tue February 21, 2012 at 1:13 pmTue February 21, 2012 at 11:05 am by scchua

A straightforward, accessible puzzle, I think, thanks to Gurney. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Picture set at the bottom has an unidentified link with the crossword. Across 1 Calm and able to move … Read more >>

Independent 7910 by Crosophile

Tue February 21, 2012 at 4:56 pmTue February 21, 2012 at 9:28 am by Bertandjoyce

We wonder whether we are missing something here! An enjoyable, fairly tricky puzzle with a number of unusual words that you could parse from the cryptic part but needed checking with a dictionary. … Read more >>

Guardian 25,564 – Brendan

Tue February 21, 2012 at 2:04 amTue February 21, 2012 at 1:33 am by Uncle Yap

Thanks to stiofain@3 last Tuesday, I went to the recommended site where all the clues to today’s puzzle can be downloaded alongside the answer. I then had a pro-forma where I could write … Read more >>

Independent 7909 by Quixote

Mon February 20, 2012 at 12:30 pm by nmsindy

A puzzle in the familiar, pleasing, Quixote, style – aimed, I’d say, at being as easy by the general standards of Indy difficulty. Solving time, 17 mins which is v fast for me. … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 25563 Rufus

Mon February 20, 2012 at 11:56 amMon February 20, 2012 at 8:58 am by scchua

Thanks Rufus for another trademark puzzle with double definitions, cryptic definitions and not-so-long anagrams to the fore (though he holds the record for the longest word – an anagram of 58 letters – used … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 640/Beale

Mon February 20, 2012 at 8:38 am by Pierre

A quick check reveals that this is the first Beale I’ve had to blog, and this little baby didn’t lie down to sleep without a bit of a fight … I think this … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 462 – The Odd Couple

Mon February 20, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

Which Odd couple is Cyclops alluding to I wonder: Cameron and Idi Amin? Al Capone and Robin Hood? There’s an odd couple of bits of wordplay that are not pinned down to my … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,145

Fri February 24, 2012 at 8:49 pmSun February 19, 2012 at 8:46 pm by Simon Harding

Apologies for the tardy blog post here, poor old Beelzebub always seems to be the first to be neglected when things get hectic. Thankfully, at least, after a run of really quite tough … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,147 by Raich

Sun February 19, 2012 at 12:05 pmSun February 19, 2012 at 9:00 am by Simon Harding

This appears to be the first Sunday Raich that I’ve blogged, though I think it isn’t the first to be published. The first Raich puzzle that I remember attempting was an Inquisitor that … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3410 (12th February)

Sun February 19, 2012 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning to you all, nice easy solve this week with nothing too taxing on the brain. Lots of anagrams, always a favourite of mine. Thank you to Everyman for an excellent puzzle. … Read more >>

Azed 2071

Sun February 19, 2012 at 11:36 pmSun February 19, 2012 at 12:02 am by John

The usual experience from Azed — excellent sound stuff. There is one about which I’m not sure: I think my answer is right, but I’m glad that the doubt occurred when I was … Read more >>

Independent 7902 (Saturday Prize Puzzle 11th February 2012) by Tyrus

Sat February 18, 2012 at 12:10 am by twencelas

So Tyrus for me again – he seems to crop up about every 5 weeks in the Independent, as does my blog on 15×15. It goes without saying, that I enjoyed this immensely. … Read more >>