Fifteensquared – Page 1524 – Never knowingly undersolved

Azed 1943

Sun August 30, 2009 at 12:02 am by John

I am always full of admiration for Azed’s grids. Here he has what seems to me to be a great achievement, four twelve-letter words, two next to each other going down the centre … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,018 (23/08/09)

Mon December 21, 2009 at 11:32 pmSat August 29, 2009 at 1:18 pm by Simon Harding

Excellent crossword as always. I never time these, but I did notice that I managed more of this without Chambers than I usually would. That probably has more to do with the tight … Read more >>

Guardian 24,785 – Paul

Sat August 29, 2009 at 8:00 am by Ciaran McNulty

A very entertaining theme for this prize crossword, and nicely hidden in the relevant surface(s). My only real problem was an explanation for 28ac Across 1. VASECTOMY. V(ery) + A SEC + TOM … Read more >>

EV 876 What You’ve Got To Do by Syd Lexis

Sat August 29, 2009 at 6:21 am by Colin Blackburn

With the preamble stating that there were 5 normal clues and 5 lines breaking up two misspelt words in the quotation there was clearly a connection. I found the clues easy enough (except … Read more >>

Guardian 24,790 – Logodaedalus

Fri August 28, 2009 at 1:05 pm by manehi

Solving and blogging in a rush today – thankfully, I found it fairly easy with the exception of 24ac which I’m unsure on. Liked 4dn. Across 1 MASTERLY (steam)* + RLY 5 PAMPAS … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,167 / Cincinnus

Fri August 28, 2009 at 9:38 am by shuchi

On the easy side today, though I did have to look up UZI and BERG. All the long clues were specially good. Favourites: 10A, 12A, 3D and the little one at 25D. Across … Read more >>

Independent 7135/Phi

Fri August 28, 2009 at 1:37 am by John

I wasn’t sure how easy this was since I chose to solve it online after midnight, being busy late on Friday morning and not wanting to get up safely early, but there are … Read more >>

Inquisitor 138 – LANDED by Loda

Thu December 17, 2009 at 11:52 amFri August 28, 2009 at 1:23 am by HolyGhost

Back from walking in the Pyrenees – let’s hope this puzzle isn’t as controversial as #133! Three (unspecified) answers are to be modified before entry, and answers to the eight italicised clues each … Read more >>

Independent 7,134/Tees

Thu August 27, 2009 at 1:41 pm by Ali

Nice stuff from Tees. Some excellent clues here, though there are one ot two I can’t quite piece together, so any pointers appreciated. This looks like the kind of grid which screams Nina, … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,166 / Sleuth

Thu August 27, 2009 at 9:52 am by Gaufrid

A pangrammatic puzzle today with a good mixture of clue types. A minor quibble with 31a in that both ‘beaten’ and ‘beeton’ could be entered into the grid and, depending upon how one … Read more >>

Guardian 24,789 / Paul

Thu August 27, 2009 at 9:00 am by Andrew

After yesterday’s struggles with Enigmatist, I found this one mostly quite easy, except that 7dn stumped me for ages, and caused some problems with its crossing words too. Some tricky wordplay here, and … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1019 by Quixote (23 Aug 2009)

Thu August 27, 2009 at 7:00 am by nmsindy

I found this very easy, solving time 11 mins. * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 4 FIRE D RILL 7 DEL(p)HI Definition/wordplay splits at capital/city 9 RE(A)CTOR 10 NOT HALF 11 SEE … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,151 – Dante

Thu August 27, 2009 at 9:55 amThu August 27, 2009 at 12:02 am by Uncle Yap

Monday Prize Crossword on 17 August 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,156 by Cincinnus

Thu August 27, 2009 at 4:28 amThu August 27, 2009 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 15 I did this puzzle on a flight from London to the US returning from my summer vacation. I found it good as always although … Read more >>

Discussion Policy

Sat August 29, 2009 at 11:06 amWed August 26, 2009 at 10:48 pm by Gaufrid

May I please remind contributors to this site of the Discussion Policy regarding multiple identities. These are not allowed. There have been several cases recently where people have posted comments under different names. Those … Read more >>