Financial Times 14,176 by Cincinnus
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 1, 2012 I found this to be a moderately easy puzzle. My top clues are 14A (DJIBOUTI), 18A (ARES), 22A (FIRM) and the marvelous anagram … Read more >>
Guardian 25,817 / Araucaria
What looked for a while like a typically Araucarian mixture of obscurity and straightforwardness, with a few liberties thrown in, turned out to have more going on than I realised. Definitions are underlined. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14.185 by Aardvark
This puzzle was very late appearing on the FT website. If anyone is still awake then here is the blog… Enjoyable with a few inventive constructions that will appear either interesting or a little … Read more >>
Independent 8,163 / Radian
First things first: my thanks to Duncan for stepping in and producing what should have been my blog. I am taking steps to reduce the potential for any such oversights in the future. … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1258: WETS by Lato
Wow Lato! Another in this latest series of superb Inquisitors. A long and confusing preamble only became clear as the last element of the puzzle fell into place. It said that all of … Read more >>
Guardian 25,816 by Brendan
Uncle Yap is away, so it’s my pleasure to do a Guardian blog of a Brendan crossword. Brendan has been reading his horoscope it appears, the signs of the Zodiac appear thoughout as … Read more >>
Financial Times 14184 Jason
Another straightforward puzzle from Jason, but enjoyable nevertheless. Thanks to Jason. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle.]] Across 1 One in pokey … Read more >>
Independent 8162 / Dac
It’s the end of civilisation as we know it. Dac doesn’t set crosswords on Tuesday, does he? Whatever the reason for Dac appearing on a Tuesday, solving the puzzle was … Read more >>
Cyclops 483: BRIEFS encounter
No major problems with this one… until I tried to parse 11a, which I had written in pretty much without thinking. Across 7 BRIEFS Shorts taken by defenders Double definition — underwear; instruction … Read more >>
Guardian 25,815 – Rufus
I’m not usually one of Rufus’s biggest fans, but I enjoyed this one, as I thought it had a nice variety of clue types, and as always some excellent surface readings. As usual, … Read more >>
Independent no. 8161 by Quixote
Welcome to our new improved site, Quixote for us today. Mostly fine stuff from Don, 22d had me for a while but can’t see 3d so help would be appreciated. Across: 1 MORATORIUM … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 682 / Hectence
A competent puzzle with a good range of clue types. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in the wordplay are shown with the … Read more >>
New Server
We have now moved to a new hosting company. If you have any problems with the site please report them to me at fifteensquared{at}btinternet{dot}com or the usual Admin address. From my experiments to … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,187
After a fairly brisk start, this became quite a tough puzzle for me. Still, the usual top qualty crossword with lots of interesting words. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3452 (2nd December)
Lorraine: Good morning happy solvers, Nothing to difficult this week, seemed pretty straight forward to me. I absolutely loved 18ac, what an excellent clue. 4dn was also very good. I enjoyed solving this weeks … Read more >>