Fifteensquared – Page 959 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian 26,707 / Tramp

Tue October 20, 2015 at 9:05 am by Eileen

I’ve just discovered that this is the first Tramp puzzle I’ve blogged this year, which seems hard to believe. And it’s not really a typical one – no theme, as far as I … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 831 Hectence

Mon October 19, 2015 at 1:11 pmMon October 19, 2015 at 12:38 pm by scchua

Thanks Hectence for a Quiptic that fits the bill. Definitions are underlined in the clues. (Sorry for the delay.) Across 8 I am about to eat a corn-ground pasta (8) MACARONI : Reversal of(… … Read more >>

Independent 9052 by Kairos

Mon October 19, 2015 at 2:01 pmMon October 19, 2015 at 9:00 am by NealH

Guardian Cryptic 26706 by Rufus

Mon October 19, 2015 at 8:21 am by manehi

A bit trickier than usual from Rufus, and a nice start to the week. A few swindles in the clues had me looking for any further connections, but I’m yet to think of any. Favourites 25ac, 5dn, 7dn, and 21dn.

Beelzebub 1,336

Sun October 18, 2015 at 1:00 am by Simon Harding

Crikey. If anyone has been thinking Beelzebub has been getting easier recently they were in for a shock today. Or at least, I was. You probably breezed through it, but after a reasonably … Read more >>

Azed 2262 – oops!

Sun October 18, 2015 at 12:05 am by Andrew

By the “breakfast test” this counted as quite easy on the Azed spectrum, even though in retrospect it seems to have quite a high proportion of unfamiliar words. Unusually, there are only 34 … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1338/Daedalus

Sun October 18, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pierre

This is Daedalus’ fourth appearance in the IoS/Indy, and the third one of those that has fallen to me to cover. He’s no doubt getting fed up with that, because I wasn’t a … Read more >>

Everyman 3,601

Sun October 18, 2015 at 12:01 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3601

Guardian Prize 26,699 / Brummie

Sat October 17, 2015 at 8:09 amSat October 17, 2015 at 12:42 am by Eileen

The Special Instructions read, ‘Solutions to four across and four down clues require a letter to be changed before entry in the grid. All these eight entries are of a kind’. Brummie’s puzzles … Read more >>

Independent 9045 Tees (Sat 10-Oct 2015)

Sat October 17, 2015 at 8:47 amSat October 17, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

This was a crossword of two halves After my “first pass” I had the entire left hand side complete but not the central down 5D and only a scattering in the right hand side. Indeed … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations 1194 Taking Umbrage by Charybdis

Fri October 16, 2015 at 10:45 pm by twencelas

A large circle – a large circle, small circle 27 misprints and a change of 4 characters in the final grid – Sounds interesting. Also sounds like it is published specifically on this … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26704 by Pasquale

Fri October 16, 2015 at 12:45 pm by manehi

With apologies for lateness – I found this a little hard to get into in the morning but coming back, it all seemed clearly clued and very fun. Favourite was 14dn.

Independent 9050 by Phi

Fri October 16, 2015 at 11:17 amFri October 16, 2015 at 10:32 am by John

The usual enjoyable crossword from Phi today. It is, one would think, on the easy side for him because so many of the answers can be parsed simply, but I didn’t find it all that easy and failed completely on 2dn.

In a Phi crossword there are seldom clues that really hit you between the eyes, but everything is very pleasant and efficient and it all seems to be sound.

Financial Times 15063 by BRADMAN

Fri October 16, 2015 at 9:07 am by Turbolegs

An intriguing challenge from Bradman, thanks to whom for a busy Friday morning. I got through the right half of the grid pretty quickly but then had to plod through the remainder. 13ac I believe has a typo in the solution and a couple of other clues could have been ‘stronger’ in my opinion. Overall, a satisfactory start to Friday crossword solving!