March 2017 – Page 6 – Fifteensquared

Guardian Cryptic 27,141 by Pasquale

Fri March 10, 2017 at 9:37 amFri March 10, 2017 at 1:36 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27141.

Independent 9,486 by Punk

Thu March 9, 2017 at 9:34 am by John

As I said once when posting a remark about a Mudd puzzle in the FT, we don’t appreciate this setter enough. This puzzle contains a whole lot of utterly good, straightforward clues with sensible surfaces and no straining involved. I suppose that if you’re being picky there are rather a lot of full or almost full anagrams, but they’re all clued quite naturally.

Definitions underlined and in maroon.

Guardian 27,140 / Puck

Thu March 9, 2017 at 10:17 amThu March 9, 2017 at 9:27 am by Eileen

Puck doesn’t get much more Puckish than this – a fun puzzle from start to finish. Apart from saying that this was what you might call a 23dn puzzle, I’ll resist the temptation … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,493 by JULIUS

Thu March 9, 2017 at 9:22 amThu March 9, 2017 at 8:31 am by loonapick

4,20 for a tough puzzle…

Financial Times 15,484 – Falcon

Thu March 9, 2017 at 1:32 amThu March 9, 2017 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword / Feb 27, 2017

Monday puzzles are usually easy and this one was no exception.

Financial Times 15,483 by Alberich

Fri March 10, 2017 at 10:33 pmThu March 9, 2017 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 25, 2017

Financial Times 15,492 by LOROSO

Wed March 8, 2017 at 4:09 pmWed March 8, 2017 at 10:37 am by PeeDee

A super puzzle from Loroso who is back making regular appearances again. Long may this continue. I found this pretty tricky and I made it extra-hard for myself by writing in a couple of incorrect answers at 14d down and 26 across. Thank you Loroso.

Independent 9485 / Alchemi

Wed March 8, 2017 at 9:01 amWed March 8, 2017 at 8:01 am by Bertandjoyce

Alchemi stands in for Dac this week. We found this slightly trickier than the average Wednesday fare. We were somewhat held up by the entry at 17d, which does not … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 27,139 by Chifonie

Wed March 8, 2017 at 2:32 am by manehi

Found this extremely straightforward – favourites were 11ac and 8dn. Thanks, Chifonie

Inquisitor 1479: Symbol by Shark

Wed March 8, 2017 at 12:01 am by kenmac

Preamble: The six unclued entries are members of a group; their unchecked/mutually checked letters could spell I ISSUED PAILS. The group cryptically suggests how to change each of seven identical letters to another … Read more >>

Independent 9,484 / Scorpion

Tue March 7, 2017 at 4:26 pm by RatkojaRiku

Scorpion has provided today’s cruciverbal workout, which I am blogging rather late in the day owing to circumstances beyond my control. I really enjoyed this puzzle, finding that I needed to chip away … Read more >>

Manual Refresh

Thu March 9, 2017 at 9:48 amTue March 7, 2017 at 1:36 pm by Admin

A further update: As indicated in my comment #7, this problem was caused by the addition of some text to one of the site’s configuration files last week in an attempt to mitigate … Read more >>

Guardian 27,138 – Brummie

Tue March 7, 2017 at 8:35 am by Andrew

I started off rather slowly with this, but speeded up as things fell into place. There were a couple of rather obscure words, but all clearly clued. There’s a theme of cinema genres, … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,491 by CRUX

Tue March 7, 2017 at 2:06 am by Grant Baynham

A quick and cheerful solve this morning, with some pleasing surfaces.

Guardian Quiptic 903/Provis

Mon March 6, 2017 at 11:19 amMon March 6, 2017 at 9:57 am by Pierre

Quite a toughie today, I thought, but you tell me otherwise. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions … Read more >>