Fifteensquared – Page 1515 – Never knowingly undersolved

Independent 7109 by Dac

Wed July 29, 2009 at 6:56 pmWed July 29, 2009 at 11:52 am by nmsindy

Usual excellent offering from Dac, solving time, 24 mins. I found SE quarter the toughest. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 HOPPING hopping mad – double definition 5 BAGH DAD “Bag” … Read more >>

Albie Fiore

Sun August 2, 2009 at 1:24 pmWed July 29, 2009 at 8:11 am by Colin Blackburn

John Henderson posted the following notice elsewhere yesterday. I thought bloggers and readers here would like to know. “Albie Fiore (aka Taupi of the Guardian, and Satori of the FT) died this morning.”

Financial Times 13,140 / Neo

Tue July 28, 2009 at 3:58 pm by Agentzero

An enjoyable puzzle, with some clever clues and tricky wordplay from Neo. Sorry to be a 15 dn today; I didn’t have a chance to turn to the puzzle this morning. Across 1 … Read more >>

Independent 7108/Virgilius

Tue July 28, 2009 at 1:02 pm by John

Although it is always a delight to blog a Virgilius crossword, my heart is for ever in my mouth because of the Nina: what a fool I’ll look when I don’t see it. … Read more >>

Guardian 24,763 – Paul

Tue July 28, 2009 at 4:11 pmTue July 28, 2009 at 7:35 am by Uncle Yap

dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram Another delightful day when Dr G and … Read more >>

Independent 7107 by Monk

Fri July 31, 2009 at 11:09 amMon July 27, 2009 at 11:56 am by NealH

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def I found this very difficult, although having finished it, the clues don’t seem that hard, so maybe I was just completely off form. Most of … Read more >>

Guardian 24,762 / Rufus

Mon July 27, 2009 at 9:54 amMon July 27, 2009 at 9:07 am by Andrew

It’s Monday, it’s Rufus, you know what to expect. Perhaps even more of his characteristic cryptic definitions than usual, but most of them are good fun. In any case, if I did have … Read more >>

Azed 1938: Sister act

Sun July 26, 2009 at 3:44 pmSun July 26, 2009 at 9:02 am by jetdoc

Apologies for the late posting — this has been an unusually busy week, including the small matter of celebrating an England test victory at Lord’s; I have also been working on information about … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3277 (July 19th).

Sun July 26, 2009 at 6:00 am by The Trafites

Pretty tough going this week, especially if you didn’t know the names of the film, the novel, the UK TV programme and the famous Russian(s). Legend to solution comments: * = anagram. < … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,013 (19/07/09)

Tue December 22, 2009 at 10:49 pmSat July 25, 2009 at 2:14 pm by Simon Harding

I think this was all fairly straightforward, relatively speaking, although the gap between solving and blogging was perhaps allowed to grow too long for me recall in detail how I found it. I … Read more >>

Guardian 24,755 (Sat 18 Jul)/Paul – Calf pints

Sat July 25, 2009 at 6:45 am by rightback

Solving time: 8:54 A very enjoyable puzzle from Paul with no theme that I could see but a marvellous new word for me at 12dn. Music of the day: the magnificent 5dn, Dies … Read more >>

Independent 7,100 by Scorpion (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 18/07/09)

Thu January 14, 2010 at 7:47 pmFri July 24, 2009 at 12:08 pm by Simon Harding

An excellent Saturday puzzle, challenging but ultimately manageable. I’m particularly struck by the exceptional quality of the surface readings. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across 1 BABE RUTH – BABE … Read more >>