April 2016 – Page 7 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times 15,207 by GOZO

Wed April 6, 2016 at 2:51 pmWed April 6, 2016 at 11:29 am by PeeDee

A super puzzle from Gozo that I did not find easy. Thank you Gozo.

Guardian 26,851 / Vlad

Wed April 6, 2016 at 10:21 amWed April 6, 2016 at 9:42 am by Gaufrid

I got off to a flying start with most of the top half going in quite quickly and thought that this one was going to be easy by Vlad’s standards. However I was … Read more >>

Independent 9197 / Dac

Wed April 6, 2016 at 7:55 am by Bertandjoyce

What can we say? It’s the beginning of the month so it’s Dac again with another of his excellent puzzles with their trade-mark great surfaces. We found this fairly straightforward. We had not … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1431: Life After Death? by Nimrod

Wed April 6, 2016 at 11:03 amWed April 6, 2016 at 12:01 am by kenmac

Preamble: Other than those already barred off, there are to be no unchecked letters or further bars in the (nonsymmetrical) final grid. For this to happen, solvers must (i) effect six 90º single … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,206 by JASON

Tue April 5, 2016 at 10:47 am by loonapick

I need help parsing two clues here…

Independent 9,196 / Alchemi

Tue April 5, 2016 at 7:51 am by RatkojaRiku

You never quite know who you will have to cross cruciverbal swords with on a Tuesday, as the work of numerous compilers is featured on that day of the week. Today’s themed puzzled … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26,850 by Nutmeg

Tue April 5, 2016 at 3:12 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26850.

Guardian 26,849 / Rufus

Mon April 4, 2016 at 9:18 am by Eileen

This has been one of those weekends when my weekday and monthly Prize blogs coincide, so this is the third blog in a row from me and I’m prompted to say yet again … Read more >>

Independent 9195 by Anglio

Mon April 4, 2016 at 9:00 am by NealH

Gosh, I found this hard going. Some of the parsings had me scratching my head for ages but I think I got them all in the end. I’ve not come across this compiler … Read more >>

Quiptic 855 by Orlando

Mon April 4, 2016 at 7:52 am by newmarketsausage

A lovely surprise to see Orlando occupying the Quiptic slot this week.

Azed 2286

Sun April 3, 2016 at 12:13 pmSun April 3, 2016 at 6:48 am by Andrew

Apologies for the slightly delayed appearance of this blog – I had made a start on it last Sunday and then completely forgot about it. Fairly average on the Azed difficulty scale, I … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,363 by Hypnos

Sun April 3, 2016 at 1:00 am by Simon Harding

Good Sunday cryptic stuff from Hypnos once again. Last one in was 6 down, where the wordplay took me a moment to spot, but raised a smile once I did. Across 1 MAHREZ … Read more >>

Everyman 3,625

Sun April 3, 2016 at 12:01 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3625.

Genius 153 / Vlad

Sun April 3, 2016 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

It’s time for my biannual Guardian Genius blog and this time Vlad is the setter The preamble stated "Fourteen solutions are derived from seven common word pairs, each having a … Read more >>

Independent 9194 by Scorpion (02-04-2016)

Sat April 2, 2016 at 7:48 amSat April 2, 2016 at 5:00 am by beermagnet

Scorpion has the honour(?) of being the first Saturday Crossword available to solve on the Independent online site in the same manner as the usual daily puzzles on the day it is published. … Read more >>