Fifteensquared – Page 961 – Never knowingly undersolved

Private Eye / Cyclops 557 – Etonian Lenin

Mon October 12, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Cyclops is on a run of quite tough Eye crosswords lately. This is another that took me a fair while to solve. I had more than half the grid filled on the first pass, … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1335

Sun October 11, 2015 at 1:00 am by Gaufrid

I enjoyed this one, my only gripe being that it was over far too quickly. One thing that struck me, particularly whilst writing this post, was the smoothness and relevance of some of the … Read more >>

Everyman 3,600

Sun October 11, 2015 at 1:00 am by Matt

Mary Duff taken in by smooth setter (8)

Independent on Sunday 1337 Hypnos

Sun October 11, 2015 at 1:56 amSun October 11, 2015 at 12:02 am by scchua

(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) Thanks Hypnos for an enjoyable, the … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1337 with Picture Quiz

Sun October 11, 2015 at 1:57 amSun October 11, 2015 at 12:01 am by scchua

(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Thanks Hypnos for an enjoyable, the last few bits giving a bit of pause. … Read more >>

AZED 2,261

Sun October 11, 2015 at 5:54 pmSun October 11, 2015 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

There were several hidden word clues in here and one or two straightforward anagrams. These got me off to a flying start but once the the ‘gifts’ had petered out I stuggled. Quite hard I thought. Thanks Azed.

Independent Crossword 9039 by Nimrod (03-10-2015)

Sat October 10, 2015 at 2:20 pmSat October 10, 2015 at 12:10 am by twencelas

For consecutive blogs – a tussle with Nimrod for me! An for consecutive blogs a tribute to a recently departed comic actor. Again the clues and grid are littered with references to the … Read more >>

Guardian 26,693 / Picaroon

Sat October 10, 2015 at 12:01 am by mhl

A good test from Picaroon, we thought – probably a bit above average in difficulty, particularly for a few obscurities. The three that were new to us were LEMAN, OERSTED and AVESTAN, but … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No. 1193: Misnomer by Kcit

Sat October 10, 2015 at 12:00 am by Shenanigans

I stand to be corrected, but I think this is Kcit’s 50th Enigmatic Variations crossword, the first being no. 29, Layettes back in 1993. That’s some feat, especially since, under his other pseudonym, … Read more >>

Guardian 26,698 / Paul

Fri October 9, 2015 at 9:36 am by Gaufrid

Eileen is still without internet access so I get a chance to cover a Guardian cryptic for a change. Not too many hold-ups once I realised that 28ac wasn’t ‘turning’ but I was … Read more >>

Independent 9044 / Phi

Fri October 9, 2015 at 7:51 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s another Friday, and another Phi-day. We found the last two entries quite tricky and had to use a word search as time was pressing on. We’d never heard of 17d before although … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,057 by PETO

Fri October 9, 2015 at 2:26 am by Turbolegs

Greetings from the San Francisco Airport. A relatively straightforward challenge from Peto with a workable-mix of uncommon parsings that kept the interest well alive. Had to confirm the deconstruction for a couple of solutions on google but otherwise a pleasant warm-up kind of puzzle.

Financial Times 15,056 by CHALMIE

Thu October 8, 2015 at 8:44 am by David and Linda

Very straightforwardly clued, but with a nice sting in the tail. Nice one, Chalmie.

Guardian 26,697 by Orlando

Thu October 8, 2015 at 8:11 am by manehi

Really enjoyable and not too difficult, with lots of neat cluing and surfaces. Favourites 10ac, 28ac, 8dn and 13dn. Thanks, Orlando.

Independent 9,043 / Alchemi

Thu October 8, 2015 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

It has been a while since it last fell to me to blog an Alchemi crossword, and solving/blogging today’s puzzle has reminded me of just what I’ve been missing. I found this puzzle … Read more >>