April 2017 – Page 7 – Fifteensquared

Guardian Cryptic 27,164 by Paul

Thu April 6, 2017 at 4:40 am by PeterO

The puzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27164.

Financial Times 15,508 – Dante

Thu April 6, 2017 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword / Mar 27, 2017

After Gaff’s impressive Vera Lynn Experience we are back in Dante’s playing area.
Nothing to be afraid of, some really nice clues, some ordinary ones, all at a level that serves the beginner (and me, too) well.

Financial Times 15,507 by Goliath

Tue April 11, 2017 at 3:51 pmThu April 6, 2017 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 25, 2017

Financial Times 15,516 by CHALMIE

Wed April 5, 2017 at 3:09 pmWed April 5, 2017 at 10:02 am by PeeDee

A very enjoyable puzzle which I found easy to start but not so easy to complete. Thank you Chalmie.

Guardian 27,163 / Pasquale

Wed April 5, 2017 at 10:02 am by Eileen

A fairly typical Pasquale puzzle, meticulously clued, with some nice surfaces and one or two less familiar words, one of which took longer than it should have to parse. Thank you, Pasquale. Across … Read more >>

Independent 9509 / Kairos

Wed April 5, 2017 at 8:05 am by Bertandjoyce

Kairos steps in for Dac this week – and we found this quite difficult to get to grips with. Having written up the blog we are now wondering why? Was it the … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1483: Ecological by Kruger

Wed April 5, 2017 at 8:28 pmWed April 5, 2017 at 12:01 am by kenmac

Ecological by Kruger Preamble: Just over 25 per cent of clues contain a redundant word that must be removed before solving. In clue order, the second or fifth letters of these words followed … Read more >>

Independent 9,508 / Knut

Tue April 4, 2017 at 4:09 pm by RatkojaRiku

Knut has produced this week’s Tuesday teaser, which I imagine had many of us reaching for our dictionaries! This was quite a workout and not just because I didn’t know most of the … Read more >>

Independent 9508 / Knut

Tue April 4, 2017 at 4:31 pmTue April 4, 2017 at 3:17 pm by Gaufrid

Well, I don’t know what’s happened to today’s scheduled blogger. Had I been scheduled to cover this one (ie had I not been standing in at the last minute with the consequential time … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,515 by CRUX

Tue April 4, 2017 at 4:06 am by Grant Baynham

For the second week running, a single (unfair?) clue detained me as long as the rest of the puzzle…

Guardian Cryptic 27,162 by Vlad

Tue April 4, 2017 at 2:02 am by manehi

Found this pretty tricky, with a few going in without parsing for a while. Favourites were 1ac, 5ac, 18ac and 27ac – thanks, Vlad.

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Mon April 3, 2017 at 3:08 pmMon April 3, 2017 at 1:07 pm by Admin

There appears to be a problem with the server at the moment. Apologies if you are experiencing long page loading times and/or HTTP500 errors. I am pursuing this issue with the hosting company. … Read more >>

Independent 9,507 by Peter

Mon April 3, 2017 at 8:09 am by flashling

My second Peter blog and a nice gentle start to the crosswording week

Guardian 27,161 – Rufus

Mon April 3, 2017 at 7:32 am by Andrew

The usual quick solve for a Monday morning. There are fewer of Rufus’s trademark cryptic definitions than usual in this one, but I have quibbles about quite a few of the cues, not … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 907 Arachne

Mon April 3, 2017 at 10:40 amMon April 3, 2017 at 6:48 am by scchua

Now this is a coincidence: I blogged Arachne’s last (then) Quiptic (691), before she retired … from the Quiptic at least. Over four years later, I’m delighted to blog her first comeback Quiptic. Enjoyable crossword … Read more >>