2015 – Page 9 – Fifteensquared

Guardian Prize 26735 by Arachne

November 28, 2015 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

A pleasant stroll through the web created by the Spider Woman, with many characteristically concise and witty surfaces.

Enigmatic Variations 1200: Rule of Thumb by Jaguar

November 28, 2015 at 8:38 amNovember 28, 2015 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

The EV clock has ticked over to 12:00 – midday/noon, or midnight? Will this be significant? We celebrate another century of EVs with … yet another jigsaw (gaaahh!). Chambers defines ‘RULE OF THUMB’ as … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,099 by BRADMAN

November 27, 2015 at 10:58 am by Turbolegs

A tough challenge from Bradman today meant that I couldnt solve this entirely on my own! Thanks to the Don for keeping me at my wits’ end.

Guardian 26,740 – Shed

November 27, 2015 at 8:53 am by Andrew

An interesting puzzle from Shed – mostly quite straightforward (with a large number of reversals) , but with a couple of unfamiliar words, and I took longer than I should have in the … Read more >>

Independent 9,086 / Phi

November 27, 2015 at 2:34 pmNovember 27, 2015 at 7:57 am by RatkojaRiku

It’s Friday and so perfectly natural to find Phi’s latest crossword to tackle this morning. I have to start by saying that I haven’t managed to complete this puzzle to my satisfaction. I … Read more >>

Guardian 26,739 / Picaroon

November 26, 2015 at 10:55 amNovember 26, 2015 at 9:10 am by Gaufrid

It is not often that I get the opportunity to blog a Guardian puzzle but this time I have struck lucky with a Picaroon. However, with only a handful of entries during my … Read more >>

Independent 9085 / Tyrus

November 27, 2015 at 7:24 amNovember 26, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Tyrus appears on average once a month. I first came across him when blogging Independent Saturday puzzles. I have always found his puzzles tending towards the harder end of the Independent spectrum.. I … Read more >>

Financial Times 15098 by MAGWITCH

November 26, 2015 at 5:55 am by David and Linda

Very gentle. Thanks, Magwitch.

Financial Times 15,089 – Dante

November 26, 2015 at 12:05 am by Sil

Another one of these Dante/Rufus puzzles that left me with one that I couldn’t parse. The Alberichs and Monks of the World are often much easier in that respect.

Financial Times 15,088 by Cincinnus

November 29, 2015 at 7:51 pmNovember 26, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 14, 2015

Financial Times 15097 by AARDVARK

November 25, 2015 at 11:54 amNovember 25, 2015 at 10:34 am by PeeDee

Aardvark, but not at his best?

Independent 9084 by Quixote

March 20, 2020 at 4:39 amNovember 25, 2015 at 9:35 am by John

Quixote’s monthly appearance as a sub for Dac and as usual not lowering the standard at all; everything elegantly and efficiently clued. I sped through this but spent twenty minutes on 12/14 before giving up. It’s a phrase I had never heard and I felt a bit guilty not knowing it as it’s probably quite well-known.

So, for me at any rate, the unusual word or phrase was there, a trademark of Quixote’s puzzles.

Guardian Cryptic 26738 by Paul

November 25, 2015 at 4:24 am by PeterO

The puzzle amy be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26738.

Inquisitor 1412: The Great Divide by Wan

November 28, 2015 at 4:56 pmNovember 25, 2015 at 12:00 am by HolyGhost

Seen Wan here a couple of times before, most recently on the Pennine Way (“Pub Crawl”). First noted the asymmetric grid … more often a positive indicator of a puzzle than a negative … Read more >>

Financial Times 15096 by NEO

November 24, 2015 at 2:00 pmNovember 24, 2015 at 10:00 am by loonapick

(Not too) stormy weather