Enjoyed this, getting through most of it quickly before hitting some new words…
Financial Times 14,799 – Falcon
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 8 This crossword didn’t give me much trouble. Smooth clueing all the way. Only my LOI (13d)was new to me. A few solutions that may be connected to Christmas but that is … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,798 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the FT of December 6, 2014 I found this Mudd as good as ever and, unusual for me, managed to finish it in one short sitting. My favourite clues are … Read more >>
Independent 8,789 by Morph
A nice Monday morning workout from Morph to cheer a chilly day.
Guardian 26,443 – Rufus
I found this harder than usual for a Rufus, perhaps because of the generous (some might say excessive) number of cryptic (7) and double (5) definitions. The NE corner held was the last … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 787 Pan
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) A typical Quitic, good as an … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 787 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) A typical Quitic, good as an introduction to the Cryptics. Thanks to Pan. Definitions … Read more >>
Cambridge S & B – now confirmed: 25 April 2015
We are delighted to announce that there will be a Sloggers & Betters meeting in Cambridge next spring. The date is Saturday 25 April 2015, the venue a nice pub: The Castle Inn.
So far, 25+ cruciverbalists showed their interest with a clear “yes!”. If you changed your mind or if you want to add your name to the list of potential attendees, please be so kind to tell us here at Fifteensquared, now or at a later point (closer to the date). Having said that, everyone’s welcome, at any stage, even at the last minute.
Details (how to get there, food, parking etc) will be given later.
Meanwhile, we want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The world is a turbulent place, also one to be treasured.
Sil, Phil (aka Flashling), Jon (aka Rorschach)
Beelzebub 1,292
I’d hesitate to suggest that Beelzebub was getting easier, but it does seem like the last handful of weeks have been relatively painless. This one went in smoothly in one session, with a … Read more >>
AZED 2,218
A plain puzzle for the December competition, although no doubt the Christmas special will be rather more complex.
Everyman 3,557 (7 December 2014)
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3557.
Independent on Sunday 1294/Commoner
A sound Sunday puzzle from Commoner in the usual IoS style. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) missing definitions are … Read more >>
Independent 8,782 by Nimrod (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 06/12/14)
One doesn’t necessarily expect a stroll in the park with Nimrod, so I was very pleased to finish this one, albeit without fully understanding quite how everything worked. Hopefully I’ve figured it all … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1150 The Fairy Godmother by Samuel
Ten clues are film titles which can be transformed with the addition of a single word. The across clues have an additional letter in the wordplay which spells out another film title with … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 26,436 / Paul
An enjoyable puzzle from Paul, with some typical Pauline clues – and this time I’m not talking risqué. I found it pretty straightforward, apart from the parsing of 16dn, which took about as … Read more >>