2015 – Page 89 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times 14,834 by ARTEXLEN

January 21, 2015 at 10:40 am by PeeDee

Spot on in every way, not much else to say! Thanks Artexlen.

Guardian 26,474 / Otterden

February 3, 2015 at 8:39 amJanuary 21, 2015 at 10:05 am by Eileen

I’m going to echo Andrew’s preamble to his blog of the most recent Otterden puzzle: ‘I haven’t been particularly impressed by Otterden’s puzzles in the past, and I’m afraid this one has done … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1368: Off and On by Nutmeg

January 21, 2015 at 12:01 am by HolyGhost

Nutmeg‘s “Any other Name” came equal fourth in 2014, and her puzzles rank among my personal favourites. A small grid: 11×11. One letter must be omitted from the first eight across answers, … Read more >>

Financial Times 14833 Sayang

January 20, 2015 at 2:21 pm by scchua

I’ve been extremely busy today, so sorry for the late posting, which, due to the time constraint, is barer than usual. Thanks to Sayang. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Clean stroke … Read more >>

Independent 8819 / Scorpion

January 20, 2015 at 8:01 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s Scorpion today and it’s Tuesday so we expected there may be more to the puzzle than usual. When we checked previous Scorpion puzzles we noticed that there was another clue involving … Read more >>

Guardian 26,473 by Puck

January 20, 2015 at 9:20 amJanuary 20, 2015 at 2:11 am by manehi

Found this very slow going, but ultimately rewarding…

Guardian Quiptic 792/Provis

January 19, 2015 at 9:51 am by Pierre

This was a good puzzle from Provis, with a number of excellent surface readings. No obscurities, but I’m not sure I’d recommend this one as an entry-level puzzle to someone who really was … Read more >>

Independent 8818 by Alchemi

January 19, 2015 at 9:00 am by NealH

This was a puzzle of about the right level of difficulty for a weekday. It was a good one for those who aren’t keen on CDs and DDs, since there were none here. … Read more >>

Guardian 26,472 – Rufus

January 19, 2015 at 8:53 am by Andrew

I’m short of time this morning, so please excuse the rather brief explanations below. A very Rufus-y Rufus today, with six double and eight (!) cryptic definitions: some of the latter rather obvious, … Read more >>

Cyclops 538

January 20, 2015 at 7:02 amJanuary 18, 2015 at 11:59 pm by jetdoc

Apologies for the lateness — I had intended to work on this during our visit to London (well, on the train), but my laptop is behaving badly. It was lovely to see various … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,299 by Poins

January 19, 2015 at 10:44 amJanuary 18, 2015 at 12:26 pm by Simon Harding

Apologies for the slightly tardy posting. I started this early this morning but was interrupted. I seemed to sail through the puzzle without any particular difficulty. No less enjoyable for that, and a … Read more >>

Everyman 3,562

January 18, 2015 at 10:54 amJanuary 18, 2015 at 7:45 am by flashling

Seemed to be the easiest Everyman I’ve done for a while but took a while to be convinced by one piece of parsing. Thanks Everyman. Across 1 Is numb, I suspect, in exploration vessel (7) … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1297

January 18, 2015 at 1:00 am by Gaufrid

I seemed to finish this one a little more quickly than usual, perhaps because 1ac and 1dn were my first entries, and then spent more time than is the norm justifying/verifying some of … Read more >>

Azed 2223

January 18, 2015 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

Azed has given us another masterclass in precise clueing Solving an Azed crossword is always a good source of general knowledge, although whether I will use much of it outside … Read more >>

Independent 8,811 by Hob (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 10/01/15)

January 17, 2015 at 8:00 am by Simon Harding

I’ve very little experience with Hob’s puzzles, and may not ever have blogged one, though I can’t swear it. So this should be interesting. In the event I enjoyed the puzzle, and got … Read more >>