March 2015 – Page 6 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times 14,876 by ALBERICH

March 11, 2015 at 9:47 am by Admin

I enjoyed this very much. �Nice to have some good straightforward cryptic puzzles in the mix. �No bells and whistles just quality clues and a sensible grid. �Thanks Alberich.

Guardian 26,516 – Vlad

March 11, 2015 at 9:07 am by Andrew

Another week, another new setter. Actually Vlad has appeared a couple of times as the setter of the Genius puzzle (including the …

Independent 8862 / Dac

March 11, 2015 at 8:12 am by Bertandjoyce

Another well-crafted offering from Dac this week, but one clue didn�t seem to fit the normally excellent surfaces and wordplay. Perhaps because …

Inquisitor 1375: Illusion by Phi

March 11, 2015 at 12:01 am by kenmac

Preamble: Solvers must scale component letters of some entries to match the illusion. This will require some letters to be entered in …

Independent 8,861 / Radian

March 10, 2015 at 12:27 pm by RatkojaRiku

Owing to difficulties accessing the puzzle, I am posting this blog somewhat later than is customary, for which I apologise. Radian has …

Financial Times 14,875 by NEO

March 10, 2015 at 10:28 am by Admin

My first blog entry for several years, so be patient!

This was a fairly straightforward solve, with no clue taking more than a minute to solve. I don’t like the use of names as synonyms in the middle of clues which spoiled a couple of them for me, but that’s a personal thing.