July 2012 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times 14070 Neo

July 31, 2012 at 3:43 pmJuly 31, 2012 at 9:56 am by scchua

One can depend on Neo to provide a (not overly) challenging and enjoyable puzzle. A few uncommon words/meanings, but not ungettable, with confirmation from the referrences. Thanks Neo. Definitions are underlined in the … Read more >>

Independent 8,048 / Eimi

July 31, 2012 at 9:28 pmJuly 31, 2012 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

I haven’t blogged an Eimi puzzle for a while, apart from the joint effort from him and Nimrod to mark the publication of the 8,000th Independent crossword, so I attacked this one with … Read more >>

Guardian 25,702 – Paul

July 31, 2012 at 5:48 amJuly 31, 2012 at 2:47 am by Uncle Yap

For the past few months, I have been using this format which allows ready access to the actual clue, simply by holding the cursor over the clue number. Thank you, PeeDee for creating … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 663 / Moley

July 30, 2012 at 2:19 pmJuly 30, 2012 at 11:31 am by Big Dave

A straightforward puzzle from Moley. I look forward to your comments. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in the wordplay are shown with … Read more >>

Guardian 25,701 / Brendan

July 30, 2012 at 12:37 pmJuly 30, 2012 at 9:48 am by Eileen

It’s one of those disorientating Mondays when we don’t have a Rufus crossword to start the week. Instead, we have a cleverly-crafted puzzle from Brendan, with mostly straightforward clues, which nevertheless produced several … Read more >>

Independent 8047 by Radian

July 30, 2012 at 9:00 am by NealH

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism If you’re fed up to the back teeth with the Olympics, there was no respite today from the Independent with another Games themed puzzle. … Read more >>

Azed 2094

July 29, 2012 at 12:05 am by Andrew

An Azed from the easy end of the spectrum, with almost entirely straightforward clueing, that I finished off in one shortish session. I don’t usually record these kinds of statistics, but I found … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1170/Math

July 29, 2012 at 12:01 am by Pierre

There’s been a bit of discussion recently about the level of difficulty of the Indy Sunday puzzles now that we have a different setter each week. My experience with this one was that … Read more >>

Everyman N° 3,433 (22 July 2012)

July 29, 2012 at 12:01 am by PeterO

Thank you, Everyman.

Independent 8040 / Nestor (Saturday Prize Crossword 21/07/12)

July 28, 2012 at 12:25 pmJuly 28, 2012 at 8:00 am by Bertandjoyce

We found this a relatively straightforward puzzle for a Saturday. Nevertheless it was very enjoyable, and it left us with a bit more time on a busy weekend to tackle the Inquisitor in … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 25,694 / Araucaria

July 28, 2012 at 10:27 amJuly 28, 2012 at 12:02 am by Eileen

I found this a pleasantly enjoyable solve, although over rather quickly for a Saturday. I’ve seen much tougher clues from Araucaria but there are some nicely constructed ones here. Nothing too outrageous but … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No.1027 – Checkmate by Shark

July 30, 2012 at 2:44 pmJuly 28, 2012 at 12:00 am by Mister Sting

Hopefully I’ve got the right puzzle this time. Let’s check… 1027. Yes. Good.
Many apologies for posting the wrong one earlier.

Shark’s ‘Checkmate’ has extra letters and highlighting galore, which I’d like. I’d also like it if ‘Checkmate’ was a reference to the Wu-Tang Clan (warning: link contains rap music), but I doubt it will be. (It’s not.)