Fifteensquared – Page 1385 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian 25,283 – Enigmatist

Wed March 30, 2011 at 1:10 pmWed March 30, 2011 at 9:15 am by Andrew

It’s been a while since we had an Enigmatist puzzle, but he’s back with a vengeance with this one. I found it very hard to get started, with the large number of cross-references, … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1169: Tribute by Kruger

Wed March 30, 2011 at 12:10 am by duncanshiell

The preamble told us that just over half of the clues contain a superfluous word. The first letters of these, in clue order, spell out a tribute. The subject of this, its creators … Read more >>

Independent 7628/Math

Tue March 29, 2011 at 11:28 am by John

A good crossword today from Math, themed about something that is mentioned after a polite gap. This is to do with the book Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie. I am not that familiar … Read more >>

Financial Times 13654/PHSSTHPOK

Sat September 17, 2011 at 7:16 pmTue March 29, 2011 at 5:17 am by scchua

This is my debut FT blog. Thought I was going to be in trouble after getting only 1 in the initial run-through. And the clue for 5D seemed to tell me something! But … Read more >>

Guardian 25282 Araucaria – Unofficial like Chang & Eng

Wed March 30, 2011 at 5:30 amTue March 29, 2011 at 3:26 am by Uncle Yap

What a lovely duty I have today, blogging the Master with his unpredictable devices that stretch Ximenean limits and torture his clients delightfully … don’t we all have this masochistic streak? A most … Read more >>

Independent 7627 / Phi

Mon March 28, 2011 at 11:11 amMon March 28, 2011 at 10:05 am by Gaufrid

It was something of a surprise to see Phi on a Monday, Eimi must have something interesting lined up for April 1st. A relatively easy, but pleasant, start to the week with, so … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic N° 593 by Arachne

Mon March 28, 2011 at 12:08 pmMon March 28, 2011 at 3:50 am by PeterO

An amusing offering from the Spider Woman, notable for some fine surfaces. Across 1. Exclusive property, often used in films (7,7) SPECIAL EFFECTS Charade of SPECIAL (‘exclusive’) + EFFECTS (‘property’). 8. A month … Read more >>

Guardian 25,281 – Rufus

Mon March 28, 2011 at 1:53 am by manehi

Very gentle Monday puzzle from Rufus with plenty of anagrams, double and cryptic definitions. I liked 5d and 13d. Across 1 BENEFIT double def 5 EXCERPT EXCEPT=”but” around R[ight] 9 NORSE (reason)* minus … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 439 – Bad Eye

Mon March 28, 2011 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

I found this Eye much harder than usual. It took till 20A Niggle to find a clue I could cold solve, and only had a handful in place after the first pass. The … Read more >>

beelzebub 1100

Sun March 27, 2011 at 8:00 am by Jed

? This puzzle is cleverly and wittily misleading in places such as 25down ( )* = anagram [ ] = omitted < = reversed Across 2 Crises? Energy and information used … Read more >>

Azed 2025/Carte Blanche

Sun March 27, 2011 at 5:48 amSun March 27, 2011 at 12:05 am by ilancaron

I tend to enjoy empty grids in the Carte Blanche style — it makes me think I’m doing something more than just “mindlessly” solving clues. In this case, I got lucky guessing that 1A and … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1101 by Quixote

Sun March 27, 2011 at 9:30 amSun March 27, 2011 at 12:02 am by Uncle Yap

Another entertaining Sunday puzzle from The Don ACROSS 1 DEPARTMENT Cha of DEPART (leave) MEN (fellows) T (time) 9 STET Ins of T (last letter of text) in SET (put) In proof-reading, a … Read more >>

Everyman crossword No 3,364

Sun March 27, 2011 at 10:38 amSun March 27, 2011 at 12:01 am by Stella

A typically entertaining puzzle from Everyman. Unusually for this setter, though, there’s one clue I can’t quite parse (see below). It’s probably my fault, so any suggestions welcome. Across 1 AVERSE A + … Read more >>

New Blogger Required

Mon March 28, 2011 at 8:47 amSat March 26, 2011 at 12:31 pm by Admin

A new blogger is required to cover the FT puzzle each Tuesday. If you are interested in joining the 15² team please send an email to admin{at}fifteensquared{dot}net. Edit: Position filled.

Enigmatic Variations 958: Seven by Dysart

Sat March 26, 2011 at 1:00 am by Shenanigans

I thought that this was a tough puzzle from Dysart. The preamble seemed to have so much going on that I needed a bit of a lie down after reading it. That, together … Read more >>