Fifteensquared – Page 1400 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian 25,247 / Enigmatist, Paul and Shed

Wed February 16, 2011 at 10:56 am by mhl

I’ll leave no spoilers in this paragraph since it appears on the front page and this is a really special puzzle… This puzzle is a wonderful tribute to Araucaria, whose 90th birthday it … Read more >>

Independent 7593 / Eimi

Wed February 16, 2011 at 10:06 amWed February 16, 2011 at 9:23 am by Gaufrid

There must be some special occasion today for Dac to be ousted from his regular Wednesday slot. There is! Today is the 90th birthday of The Reverend John Galbraith Graham MBE aka Araucaria … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1163: Common Knowledge by Samuel

Thu February 17, 2011 at 1:13 pmWed February 16, 2011 at 1:23 am by kenmac

A nice easy preamble for a change. We’re told that six entries are clued without definition and all the other clues generate an extra letter. The extra letters generate a “line”, which identifies … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,618 / Gurney

Tue February 15, 2011 at 5:33 pm by Gaufrid

I don’t know what has prevented Agentzero from blogging today but here is an analysis of the clues. Sorry, no comments from me. I have an optical migraine at the moment and am … Read more >>

Independent 7,592 / Nimrod

Tue February 15, 2011 at 9:00 am by RatkojaRiku

I felt rather out of my depth with Nimrod’s offering this morning. I can only marvel at the hard work and ingenuity that has gone into setting this puzzle and bemoan my own … Read more >>

Guardian 25246 Quantum – Breezy Walk in the Park

Tue February 15, 2011 at 8:45 amTue February 15, 2011 at 1:48 am by Uncle Yap

Quite a breezy walk in the park from Quantum. Nothing very challenging. ACROSS 1 PRESUMPTIVE *(US REP MET VIP) 9 NORMANS NORM (standard) ANS (answer) 10 RISOTTO *(STIR TOO) 11 UNORDERED dd 12 … Read more >>

Independent 7591 by Radian

Tue February 15, 2011 at 9:42 amMon February 14, 2011 at 1:19 pm by nmsindy

Excellent puzzle full of references appropriate to the day from Radian, which I found ranged from very easy to quite tricky. Solving times, 27 mins, with the top half much harder than the … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 587 / Arachne

Mon February 14, 2011 at 10:16 am by Gaufrid

I cannot comment as to how this puzzle compares with other Quiptics with regard to degree of difficulty because I haven’t solved one since my original blog, published when we first started covering … Read more >>

Guardian 25,245 / Brendan

Mon February 14, 2011 at 9:23 am by Eileen

A delightfully entertaining puzzle from Brendan, with an added diversion at the end, to find the thirteen themed answers referred to in 9ac. I thoroughly enjoyed both the solve, which was not too … Read more >>

Cyclops 436: Smutty innuendo…

Mon February 14, 2011 at 3:16 pmSun February 13, 2011 at 11:59 pm by jetdoc

… and all the better for it! The usual fun from Cyclops — a relatively quick solve, with nothing too tricky. Across 1 EMBRACES Hugs as Ed Miliband starts getting supporters EM = … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1094

Sun February 13, 2011 at 8:00 am by Jed

Following the lead of some of the others who blog prize crosswords I’ve included the clues. Would welcome feedback to see if it was worth the effort. < reverse ( )* … Read more >>

Independent On Sunday 1095 by Quixote

Fri February 18, 2011 at 8:33 pmSun February 13, 2011 at 12:05 am by flashling

A fairly easy solve for me, after the previous day’s debacle with Nimrod for which I was quite glad. 12 ac was a new word on me but the anagram and crossing letters led … Read more >>

Azed 2019/a tale of two halves

Sun February 13, 2011 at 1:22 pmSun February 13, 2011 at 12:01 am by ilancaron

Appropriately enough, very much a tale of two halves for me. But in my case the top and the bottom: 1A came quickly enough and thus the top half. I stared at the … Read more >>

Everyman crossword No 3,358

Sun February 13, 2011 at 12:01 am by Stella

First of all, thanks to the Drurys and the Trafites for their 225 programmes, which make blogging so much neater and more elegent for an IT ignoramus like me. It took me a … Read more >>

Independent 7,584 by Nimrod (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 05/02/11)

Sat February 26, 2011 at 1:39 pmSat February 12, 2011 at 1:20 pm by Simon Harding

I regularly used to struggle with Nimrod puzzles when I was blogging the daily Independent puzzles, and it’s nice to see that some things don’t change. In fact, once again I was saved … Read more >>