Fifteensquared – Page 1213 – Never knowingly undersolved

Independent on Sunday 1,195 by Crosophile

Sun January 20, 2013 at 2:02 am by Simon Harding

I must admit to finding this one relatively tough for a Sunday. That isn’t a complaint since it was terribly good, but it did take a little longer than usual and one or … Read more >>

Azed 2119

Sun January 20, 2013 at 12:03 am by John

The usual excellent crossword from Azed and as usual I won’t give detailed descriptions of all the very unusual words, in the knowledge that anyone interested enough in this crossword to look here … Read more >>

Independent 8189 / Morph (Saturday Prize Puzzle 12/01/13)

Sat January 19, 2013 at 8:04 am by Bertandjoyce

A good challenge from Morph this week, with the expected standard of well-constructed clues. We were held up for a while in the NW corner until we solved 8ac which included a good … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,843 by Paul

Mon January 21, 2013 at 7:08 pmSat January 19, 2013 at 1:31 am by PeeDee

Enjoyable, inventive, topical and a little cheeky; Paul doing what he does best. I pick 23, 24 and 16 as my favourites. Thank you Paul. Across 1 Boy with great expectations owed extraordinary unknown … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,214 by Orense

Fri January 18, 2013 at 9:32 am by Jed

Straightforward and enjoyable Across 1 MORASS confused situation OR (men) in MASS (service) 4 EMISSARY government agent E (Spain) MISS (young lady) A R[ac]Y 10 SEPTEMBER 30 days (PEST)* … Read more >>

Guardian 25,848 – Tramp

Fri January 18, 2013 at 11:43 amFri January 18, 2013 at 8:38 am by Andrew

What a treat to have a Tramp puzzle to blog on this chilly morning. I took a while to get started, not helped by putting in a plausible but wrong answer for 7d, … Read more >>

Independent 8194 / Phi

Fri January 18, 2013 at 6:31 pmFri January 18, 2013 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

This was an entertaining puzzle from Phi including some of his regular geographic allusions. Phi is a compiler based in Wellington, New Zealand and often includes flora and fauna native … Read more >>

Independent 8193/Rorschach

Fri January 18, 2013 at 10:22 pmThu January 17, 2013 at 12:07 pm by John

A crossword today from Rorschach that I at any rate found particularly hard, not helped by its thrice vanishing into the ether so that I had to restart. Some of the clues are … Read more >>

Guardian 25,847 – Gordius

Thu January 17, 2013 at 4:09 pmThu January 17, 2013 at 11:55 am by manehi

Found this trickier than usual from Gordius, but very enjoyable. Favourite clues 12ac, 26ac and 1dn. Across 1 MONGREL =”unrefined types” hidden in “aMONG RELatively” 5 KAISER =”emperor” KA (Ford model) + IS … Read more >>

Financial Times no.14,214 by Loroso

Thu January 17, 2013 at 10:04 am by Ringo

Goodness, I had a struggle with this. Loroso’s extensive vocabulary (or, perhaps, my limited vocabulary), a few misleading indicators (sandwiches, pockets) and a general brain-failure on my part combined to make this one … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,204 – Crux

Thu January 17, 2013 at 9:33 pmThu January 17, 2013 at 12:15 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 7 A Crux puzzle which – rather unusual for this setter – had quite a few cross references. An overall enjoyable solve, but not one of Crux’s very best. Ah … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,203 by Bradman

Fri January 18, 2013 at 12:29 amThu January 17, 2013 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 5, 2012 I have come to like Bradman’s puzzles a lot but, when first faced with one, I still sometimes get a little nervous because … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,212 by IO

Wed January 16, 2013 at 1:14 pmWed January 16, 2013 at 12:11 pm by PeeDee

Quite tricky but with a couple of easy starters to get me going, thanks IO. I really messed this up, first by mistakenly writing the solution to 4dn in the grid at 10dn, … Read more >>

Independent 8192 / Dac

Wed January 16, 2013 at 4:10 pmWed January 16, 2013 at 8:09 am by Bertandjoyce

We took a while to get started on this one and also a while to finish it! Thankfully there were a few easy clues like 11/13 which at least gave us some crossing … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,846 by Paul

Wed January 16, 2013 at 3:55 amWed January 16, 2013 at 3:08 am by PeterO

The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25846 for as long as it is archived. I had quite a struggle with Paul’s wit and ingenuity in this one. It was not made any the … Read more >>