2015 – Page 71 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times 14,886 – Dante

Thu October 29, 2015 at 5:50 pmThu April 2, 2015 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword / Mar 23, 2015

On the whole a Dante puzzle as we expect it to be. Easy, especially the right hand side, but pleasant.

Financial Times 14,885 by Mudd

Thu April 2, 2015 at 2:26 pmThu April 2, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 21, 2015 I found the bottom right quadrant of this puzzle rather hard and was also challenged by two terms I did not know, 11 … Read more >>

A Reminder

Sat April 4, 2015 at 12:53 pmWed April 1, 2015 at 5:02 pm by Admin

Because many comments containing multiple links are spam, WordPress, the software this site runs on, is set so that any comment with three or more links in it is placed in a moderation queue if … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,894 by Io

Wed April 1, 2015 at 9:49 pmWed April 1, 2015 at 11:43 am by PeeDee

This is a tricky puzzle that I can’t quite finish. I think Io has made a fool out me again!

Independent 8,880 / Dac

Wed April 1, 2015 at 10:14 am by RatkojaRiku

Today brings the start of a new month and my monthly encounter with Dac. Although Wednesday is typically Dac day, I did a double take when I saw that he had chosen this … Read more >>

Guardian 26,534 / Atë

Wed April 1, 2015 at 3:50 pmWed April 1, 2015 at 10:06 am by Eileen

In view of the date, I was prepared for perhaps a Qaotic or Puckish puzzle but instead found a potentially daunting ‘new’ setter – Atë. She [sic] is, of course, the goddess of … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1378: Tipster by Charybdis

Fri April 3, 2015 at 11:39 amWed April 1, 2015 at 12:01 am by Hihoba

An alphabetical jigsaw this week from Charybdis, and a very good one too! An amazing grid construction. The rubric read: Answers fit in the grid jigsaw-wise. Unnumbered clues are arranged in alphabetical order of … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,893 / Jason

Tue March 31, 2015 at 3:55 pm by Gaufrid

My apologies for the late appearance of this post, I don’t know what has prevented the scheduled blogger from turning up. To avoid further delay, I will confine my input to a simple … Read more >>

Independent 8879 / Scorpion

Tue March 31, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

I enjoyed this puzzle by Scorpion. It made me think outside the box a bit. The vocabulary in the grid wasn’t too obscure. Some may disagree about UBUNTU (23 across). … Read more >>

Guardian 26,533 by Paul

Tue March 31, 2015 at 7:11 am by manehi

Lovely stuff from Paul, and a couple of new words that went in confidently enough at the end. Favourite 19dn.

Cambridge S&B – 25 April 2015 – update

Sun April 12, 2015 at 1:30 pmMon March 30, 2015 at 3:35 pm by Sil

Less than ~~four~~ ~~three~~ two weeks to go!
So, time for a reminder that there will be a Sloggers & Betters event in Cambridge on Saturday 25 April.

The venue is The Castle Inn, 38 Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AJ
http://thecastleinncambridge.com/

The pub will open its doors at 11.30am and from twelve o’clock onwards the complete first floor (including roof terrace) will be ours, with space for around 60 people.

Guardian Quiptic 802/Pan

Mon March 30, 2015 at 9:57 am by Pierre

There was some tough stuff for a Quiptic in Pan’s puzzle today. Or perhaps I’m just jet-lagged from putting the clocks forward at the weekend. What did you think? … Read more >>

Guardian 26,532 – Rufus

Mon March 30, 2015 at 9:17 am by Andrew

I found this a little harder than usual for Rufus, getting a bit stuck towards the end in the SE corner, perhaps partly because of the unhelpful grid, but also enjoyed it more … Read more >>

Independent 8,878 by eXternal

Mon March 30, 2015 at 9:14 am by flashling

eXternal, one of the Indy’s young breed of setters today.

Private Eye/Cyclops 543 Campaign Phobia

Mon March 30, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Cyclops reminds us that we mustn’t believe anything we hear from politicians over the next 6 weeks. Solving went like this: Most in after the first pass including all right hand side. 9 … Read more >>