2018 – Page 57 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times 15,857 by ARMONIE

Mon May 14, 2018 at 3:09 pmMon May 14, 2018 at 9:57 am by Teacow

A pleasant start to a working week of crosswords from ARMONIE.

Guardian 27,508 / Pan

Mon May 14, 2018 at 1:44 pmMon May 14, 2018 at 8:46 am by Eileen

It has become quite a game, trying to guess who will fill the Monday slot. Today it’s Pan’s turn to provide the ‘gentle start to the week’. Here we have a straightforward, precisely … Read more >>

Quiptic 965 by Matilda

Mon May 14, 2018 at 10:17 amMon May 14, 2018 at 8:03 am by newmarketsausage

Matilda’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.

Tees is becoming quite the Monday Indy regular. Since Monday is my blogging day, you’ll hear no complaints from this direction. A fine puzzle, with excellent surfaces, clear cluing, and a wide variety … Read more >>

Private Eye (Cyclops/624) Smelly geezer

Mon May 14, 2018 at 6:30 am by beermagnet

A tougher crossword this time – that’s what it seemed to me. Solving began with a bang when 1A flew in and way over half the grid was filled on the first pass. … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,472 – Hoskins

Mon May 14, 2018 at 10:07 pmSun May 13, 2018 at 1:00 am by Sil

I am only a stand-in today but I am really pleased to have an encounter with Hoskins, my first actually (as a blogger, that is)!

Everyman 3734

Sun May 13, 2018 at 12:01 am by Pierre

A fairly brief blog today, simply because it is as usual a well-crafted puzzle from Everyman with no quibbles, so there’s not a right lot to say. Abbreviations cd cryptic … Read more >>

AZED 2,395

Sun May 13, 2018 at 7:38 pmSun May 13, 2018 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

A lower than usual obscure word count for me this week, but I didn’t find it any easier or less enjoyable for that. Thank you Azed.

Independent 9853 by Phi (Sat 12-May 2018)

Sat May 12, 2018 at 8:30 am by beermagnet

Phi is well known for crosswords with themes … … but I cannot see one here. When I got Karelia and Korngold I thought there might be other twentieth century classical music references … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No. 1328: A Major Deception by Ploy

Sat May 12, 2018 at 8:00 am by Shenanigans

This week, I had a preamble that told me that I probably didn’t have too much to worry about clue-wise: A single word must be removed from three answers on entry into the … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 27,501 by Arachne

Sat May 12, 2018 at 12:40 amSat May 12, 2018 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

A themed puzzle “to mark a 200th birthday”.

Independent 9,852 / Serpent

Thu May 17, 2018 at 6:26 pmFri May 11, 2018 at 1:40 pm by RatkojaRiku

Serpent has provided the last of this latest set of mid-week puzzles, occupying the slot normally occupied by Phi. Phi’s displacement from his Friday home got me thinking that Serpent may have provided … Read more >>

YORK S&B weekend 26-28th October 2018

Sat May 19, 2018 at 4:39 pmFri May 11, 2018 at 9:45 am by Admin

A message from John Henderson:

Here’s my annual spring announcement, regarding what will be our fifth autumn S&B weekend get-together in York, proposed dates: Friday evening 26^th October to Sunday lunchtime 28^th October with the main event at the Fox and Roman during the day on Saturday 27^th. Once again, we have avoided a clash with the final of The Times Crossword Championships, which is being held in London the following week (see the Crossword Event Calendar).

Guardian 27,506 / Brummie

Fri May 11, 2018 at 9:19 am by Eileen

A reasonably straightforward puzzle from Brummie this morning. We usually expect a theme from Brummie and so I was on the lookout from the beginning. I was pleased to see SESAME … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,855 by BRADMAN

Fri May 11, 2018 at 5:58 am by Turbolegs

An atypical challenge from BRADMAN today, with a disporportionate number of long words/phrases. A few words that I didnt know before the solve but quite easily gettable from the solid construction of the clue.