Fifteensquared – Page 983 – Never knowingly undersolved

Financial Times 14,989 by PETO

Wed July 22, 2015 at 1:08 pm by PeeDee

First time I have tried a Peto puzzle. Very smooth with good surface readings is what I thought. Thank you Peto.

Guardian 26,630 by Chifonie

Wed July 22, 2015 at 10:07 am by manehi

Plenty of fun, and trickier than usual for a Chifonie. Favourites 10ac and 21ac.

Independent 8,976 / Dac

Wed July 22, 2015 at 9:57 am by RatkojaRiku

Dac has provided this Wednesday morning’s cruciverbal workout. For me, this was a typical Dac solve, as I worked my way through the clues, admiring their smooth surfaces and unambiguous parsings as I … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1394: Matching Pairs by Ifor

Wed July 22, 2015 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

Ifor is becoming a fairly regular setter of Inquisitor puzzles. His puzzle today had a fairly lengthy preamble which stated: "In rows containing highlighted cells, pairs of clue answers must … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,988 by SAYANG

Tue July 21, 2015 at 10:48 am by loonapick

A very easy mixed bag

Guardian 26,629 – Shed

Tue July 21, 2015 at 10:49 amTue July 21, 2015 at 8:45 am by Andrew

I started off slowly on this one (for no obvious reason), but it yielded steadily, making a very enjoyable and satisfying solve. Thanks to Shed. Across 9. … Read more >>

Independent 8975 / Crosophile

Tue July 21, 2015 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Crosophile has given us a puzzle with a few entries that are not obscure, but neither are they in regular daily use, such as … SEAMSTERS, UNSWADDLE, EMBRASURE and NAUTILUS. A … Read more >>

Guardian 26,628 by Rufus

Mon July 20, 2015 at 9:43 amMon July 20, 2015 at 8:41 am by flashling

Well it’s Monday, it’s Rufus, what do you think you’ll be getting?

Independent 8974/eXternal

Mon July 20, 2015 at 7:30 am by Pierre

A sound, workmanlike puzzle from eXternal. And I don’t mean to damn with faint praise when I say that. It was hard, though. The idea of the Monday Indy being the ‘easy’ one … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 818/Moley

Mon July 20, 2015 at 7:16 am by Pierre

Moley has produced a fine Quiptic for us this morning. Plenty of Easy Annies to get us going, then the rest clearly clued with some lovely surfaces. And as we have remarked many … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 551 – Brandish spider

Mon July 20, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Well over half this puzzle was filled-in by the end of the first pass. I got going again with DISGRACED at 10 which I considered earlier but couldn’t see where the S came from, but … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1323

Sun July 19, 2015 at 1:00 am by Gaufrid

I could very easily copy and paste my preamble from a fortnight ago and simply change the ‘four weeks’ in the second paragraph to ‘six weeks’. Across 1 Actual tact not using force … Read more >>

Everyman 3,588

Sun July 19, 2015 at 12:05 am by Matt

Good crossword, that had me stumped in several places.

Independent on Sunday 1325 Hypnos

Mon July 20, 2015 at 2:55 amSun July 19, 2015 at 12:01 am by scchua

Perhaps not as difficult (for an IoS puzzle) as in recent weeks. Thanks to Hypnos. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Local left in charge of a community (6) PUBLIC : PUB(one … Read more >>

AZED 2,249

Sun July 19, 2015 at 8:31 amSun July 19, 2015 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

I learned some interesting new words this week. Thank you AZED.