May 30, 2013 at 11:48 am – Fifteensquared

Guardian Cryptic 25961 Araucaria

May 30, 2013 at 4:11 pmMay 30, 2013 at 11:48 am by scchua

A clever puzzle from Araucaria. 24 down led me to the mini-theme but still a mental workout. Thanks Araucaria. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified … Read more >>

Financial Times no.14,326 by Loroso

May 30, 2013 at 9:24 am by Ringo

I struggled somewhat with today’s offering from Loroso, though in retrospect I’m not entirely sure why. A testing puzzle, for sure, with plenty of ingenious mechanisms and subtle misdirections, but nothing to grumble … Read more >>

Independent 8307 / Nestor

May 30, 2013 at 8:45 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s Thursday and it’s Nestor so we expected to have our work cut out here. We weren’t disappointed! There were some devious clues here plus a few new words which needed checking. There … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,317 – Crux

May 30, 2013 at 4:17 pmMay 30, 2013 at 1:00 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/May 20 It’s been a while since we had a Crux puzzle on a Monday. I found this once more an enjoyable puzzle (with many fine surfaces) from this setter. However, … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,316 by Mudd

July 29, 2013 at 9:59 pmMay 30, 2013 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 18, 2013 There were no obscure words or references in this puzzle but I found it a little challenging. It took me a while to … Read more >>