loonapick – Page 64 – Fifteensquared

This was a fairly straightforward solve, with no clue taking more than a minute to solve. I don’t like the use of names as synonyms in the middle of clues which spoiled a couple of them for me, but that’s a personal thing.

Guardian 24,234 – Paul – it’s been fun…

Wed November 14, 2007 at 7:41 am by loonapick

This will be my last regular blog for Fifteensquared as I can’t find the time to write blogs, compile puzzles, find time for my family and my other hobbies, oh! and work, of … Read more >>

Guardian 24,229 – Paul (as late as a ScotRail train!)

Fri November 9, 2007 at 9:15 am by loonapick

Sorry for the delay in getting this to you, but at the time I had planned to write this blog, I was sitting in a cold train in snowy Aviemore because the windscreen … Read more >>

Guardian 24,222 – Araucaria/Is there a theme?

Wed October 31, 2007 at 12:12 pm by loonapick

A typically challenging puzzle from the master himself. There are a few mini-themes such as religion (NUNNERY, WHITED SEPULCHRE, LOURDES, EXCOMMUNICATION), the Crusades (GRAIL, BALDWIN), a couple of medical terms (FEMORAL, LUSTRAL) and … Read more >>

Guardian No 24,215/Puck – the good, the bad and the ugly?

Fri July 10, 2009 at 11:05 amTue October 23, 2007 at 8:58 am by loonapick

In my opinion, a mixture of brilliant clues (5, 10, 20) and some of the things I don’t like so much in puzzles (14, 24) and a couple of clues where I’m not … Read more >>

Guardian No 24,208 – Rufus/That’s better…

Sun October 26, 2008 at 8:16 pmMon October 15, 2007 at 10:47 pm by loonapick

Didn’t realise it was my turn to do the Grauniad; my apologies for the late post. A nice easy start to the week. I am normally one of Rufus’s harshest critics, but this … Read more >>