Fifteensquared – Page 1637 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian 24347/Logodaedalus

Thu March 27, 2008 at 9:47 am by Colin Blackburn

A fairly straightforward puzzle with a small amount of word play en clair. There were a couple of tougher clues in here too. Across 7 TURNOVER TURN OVER …a page … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,726 (Gozo)

Thu March 27, 2008 at 4:37 am by diagacht

Across 1 LAST WORD: &Lit 5 ABIDES: AB (sailor) + IDES (fateful date) 9 BUTTER UP: BUTTERcUP without the ‘c’ (top of carpel) 10 TISSUE: anagram of SUITES 13 DISCARDED: DISC + anagram … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,717 by Cincinnus

Thu March 27, 2008 at 4:33 amThu March 27, 2008 at 1:55 am by Pete Maclean

Some snazzy clues here but also one that I could not solve (11D)! Across 1. SO CALLED – anagram of ALL CODES 5. SHAPES – S[tylis]H + APES (copies) 9. HESPERUS – HES … Read more >>

Independent 6690 by Dac

Wed March 26, 2008 at 9:58 am by nmsindy

Very tough today, and some excellent misdirection by Dac. Solving time, 39 mins. A little rushed today- one not fully understood yet, but verified using ‘Reveal’ that I got it right. * = … Read more >>

Guardian 24,236 Araucaria – Mano A Mano

Wed March 26, 2008 at 10:43 amWed March 26, 2008 at 9:21 am by neildubya

<Insert my usual hero-worshipping gush about how great Araucaria is here> <Insert my usual slight whinge about clues that require obsolete copies of Roget’s Thesaurus here > ACROSS 1 PITTA – It’s usually … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,725 (Cinephile)

Wed March 26, 2008 at 8:46 am by diagacht

Across 1 VERBAL: hidden in oVERBALance 5 PERISHED: PERI + SHED 9 STRAIGHT: double definition 10,29 BREATHTAKING: &Lit 12 HONORARY: NOR (and not) in HOARY 14 WATER BUFFALO: anagram of WAFFLER ABOUT 18 … Read more >>

Not about crosswords (again)

Thu October 30, 2008 at 1:32 pmWed March 26, 2008 at 8:37 am by neildubya

A year ago today I posted a message to this blog saying that my wife had just given birth to our first child. This was him then: And here he is now: Happy … Read more >>

Independent 6689/Merlin

Tue March 25, 2008 at 12:51 pm by John

I didn’t do this quickly, although looking at it now I bet some people did. One problem was that I wrote an answer in the wrong place, and when I transferred it to … Read more >>

Financial Times / 12724 by Jason

Tue March 25, 2008 at 4:44 pmTue March 25, 2008 at 10:31 am by C G Rishikesh

I took longer to solve this puzzle than the others that I have done here before. To tell the truth, I have all except 18dn (where, of course, I can guess the second … Read more >>

Guardian 24345/Gordius – The Pope’s a rapist?

Tue March 25, 2008 at 10:47 amTue March 25, 2008 at 8:57 am by ilancaron

A mix of the easy and the hard. I had to trawl Google a bit here and there. Finding one of my answers on this very site (see 24A). Questions about some of … Read more >>

Guardian 24344/Rufus

Mon March 24, 2008 at 5:17 pmMon March 24, 2008 at 3:17 pm by linxit

Solving time 14:43 I raced through the top half in a couple of minutes, but then struggled with the bottom half and really struggled with the SE corner. Nothing particularly difficult and all … Read more >>

Independent No 6688 by Punk

Mon March 24, 2008 at 12:57 pm by NealH

* = anag, < = reversed, () = dropped The bird theme made this crossword the easiest Monday puzzle for some time, but the clues were all well-constructed and there were some good … Read more >>

Inquisitor 63: 20 Across by Schadenfreude

Sun March 23, 2008 at 10:08 pm by petebiddlecombe

Solving time: about an hour I solved a fair number of clues cold and then wondered what was going on, but then saw that all the answers with different lengths to the grid … Read more >>

Azed 1868 – Carte Blanche

Sun March 23, 2008 at 10:13 pmSun March 23, 2008 at 4:30 pm by petebiddlecombe

Solving time: about 2 hours – with one answer wrong, it turns out I forgot I was down to blog this, so solved it today. I can’t remember whether we’ve had a 13×11 … Read more >>

Guardian 24,337 (Sat 15 Mar)/Brummie – Called to the Bar

Tue March 25, 2008 at 10:57 amSat March 22, 2008 at 9:43 pm by rightback

Solving time: lost. A nice change from Araucaria, and a pretty standard Guardian puzzle with nothing too difficult, although a couple of harder words; 3dn held me up the most. There’s also a … Read more >>