July 23, 2015 at 9:33 am – Fifteensquared

Guardian 26,631 / Paul

July 23, 2015 at 1:37 pmJuly 23, 2015 at 9:33 am by Eileen

It was something of a surprise to see a Paul puzzle with a theme that was so overtly stated and that at first sight seemed rather daunting. Paul had a wealth of outlandish … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,990 by IO

July 23, 2015 at 9:04 am by David and Linda

We were awaiting an Io puzzle with some trepidation, as we’d been told that they could be very challenging. As there is no facility to cheat or check one’s guesses and reverse-engineer the solutions on the FT, there’s no safety net for the blogger. We found this a challenge in parts, but mainly because of what we see as vagueness of some of the clues and obscureness of some of the answers. On the other hand, there were some really clever clues to compensate.

Independent 8977 / Nestor

July 24, 2015 at 6:53 pmJuly 23, 2015 at 8:02 am by Bertandjoyce

This was a good Thursday challenge from Nestor, with several clues that got the old grey matter working overtime. We had to check some entries which we had not come across before … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,981 – Crux

October 29, 2015 at 5:39 pmJuly 23, 2015 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 13, 2015

Another enjoyable exercise by Crux, complete with some cross-references (which he does more often nowadays).

Financial Times 14,980 by Mudd

July 23, 2015 at 11:56 amJuly 23, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 11, 2015.

My clue of the week has to be 16d, “Raw fish”, (BLEAK) in spite of its use of a rather obscure meaning of the word (the name of a small freshwater fish). I also especially like 27d (BALI).