January 2015 – Page 2 – Fifteensquared

Independent 8,825 by Eimi

January 27, 2015 at 10:22 am by Admin

A pleasant crossword from Eimi. Of course there are references to football and pop music, but I was expecting those. If there is a Nina I can’t see it;�it all�seems quite straightforward.

Definitions underlined where appropriate.

Guardian 26,479 – Brendan

January 27, 2015 at 8:42 am by Andrew

A very welcome return by Brendan after an absence of more than six months. I thought this was going to be a …

Financial Times No. 14,839 by GURNEY

January 27, 2015 at 2:29 am by Bhavan

What’s not to like in a puzzle with good surface stories and unambiguous cryptic parsing?

Quiptic 793 by Pan

January 26, 2015 at 9:19 am by newmarketsausage

An extremely enjoyable challenge from Quiptic regular Pan.

Guardian 26,478 by Rufus

January 26, 2015 at 8:39 am by flashling

Well it’s Monday, it’s Rufus, it’s mostly easy. You knew that before coming here though.

Independent 8,824 by Raich

January 26, 2015 at 7:34 am by flashling

Unusual for a Raich, I can’t find a theme or Nina here.

Beelzebub 1,298

January 25, 2015 at 8:00 am by Simon Harris

This one seemed quite hard at first, but things did fall into place steadily enough. Lots of nice long anagrams to work …

AZED 2,224

January 25, 2015 at 12:05 am by Admin

A harder than usual puzzle from Azed this week, with a 13 by 11 grid, including a higher than average number of & lit clues.

Everyman 3563/18 January

January 25, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pierre

Another well-crafted and enjoyable puzzle from Everyman this morning, with some particularly pleasing surface readings. Abbreviations cd� cryptic definition …