December 2012 – Page 6 – Fifteensquared

Guardian Quiptic 682 / Hectence

December 10, 2012 at 10:13 amDecember 10, 2012 at 9:08 am by Big Dave

A competent puzzle with a good range of clue types. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in the wordplay are shown with the … Read more >>

New Server

December 16, 2012 at 9:01 amDecember 9, 2012 at 10:51 pm by Admin

We have now moved to a new hosting company. If you have any problems with the site please report them to me at fifteensquared{at}btinternet{dot}com or the usual Admin address. From my experiments to … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,187

December 9, 2012 at 9:30 am by Simon Harding

After a fairly brisk start, this became quite a tough puzzle for me. Still, the usual top qualty crossword with lots of interesting words. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3452 (2nd December)

December 9, 2012 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning happy solvers, Nothing to difficult this week, seemed pretty straight forward to me. I absolutely loved 18ac, what an excellent clue. 4dn was also very good. I enjoyed solving this weeks … Read more >>

Azed 2113

December 9, 2012 at 1:00 am by John

Again a lovely sound crossword from Azed. I won’t waste time by copying out Chambers but as usual will confine myself to trying to explain how the clues work, something that wasn’t always … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1189 Alchemi

December 9, 2012 at 12:02 am by scchua

A comparatively new setter in Fifteensquared’s coverage, and, as far as I can tell, his/her first in the IoS. Straightforward solve. Thanks to Alchemi. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links with the puzzle.]]

Independent 8,154 by Monk (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 01/12/12)

December 16, 2012 at 6:29 pmDecember 8, 2012 at 8:19 am by Simon Harding

Monk always puts us through our paces, and this week’s puzzle was no exception. I spent most of the week on this one, and in fact didn’t quite manage to finish it off … Read more >>

Guardian 25,808 / Araucaria

December 8, 2012 at 12:01 am by mhl

An excellent puzzle: cleverly constructed and with about the right level of difficulty for a Saturday, we thought. The rubric for this puzzle read “Across solutions are 11, when it comes to the … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations 1046 Author by Picadilly

December 8, 2012 at 1:40 amDecember 8, 2012 at 12:01 am by twencelas

An extra letter in each of the subsidiary indications – straight forward enough but then the answers must be jumbled except for the first and last three rows and first and last 2 … Read more >>

A Reminder

December 9, 2012 at 10:39 pmDecember 7, 2012 at 10:31 pm by Admin

Due to the transfer to a new hosting company, please don’t add a comment later than 8pm on Sunday. There will then be some down time, after about 9pm, followed by a period of around … Read more >>

Donations – a big THANK YOU!

December 16, 2012 at 9:01 amDecember 7, 2012 at 9:53 pm by Gaufrid

Many, many thanks to all you generous people out there for your donations. There are just too many of you for me to write to thank you individually.

When I first mentioned donations, my hope was that there would be enough offers to meet the hosting costs for the next twelve months. The initial response to my request was such that I quickly had to revise my target to two years, which had the added benefit of being able to take advantage of the discount available on the hosting company’s biennial tariff.

However, this still became an unrealistic target as offers of donations continued to come in, at a far greater rate than I had originally anticipated. The end result is that, if/when the final contributions arrive, there will be enough in the kitty to pay for a third year’s hosting! My apologies to those who wanted to donate more but, as you can see, the £5 I set was certainly enough.