Independent 12,496/Nitsy
And so it comes to pass … my last blog of a puzzle in the Independent.
Financial Times 18,514 by Guy
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 24, 2026
S & B 2026 by Dalibor
Hello bloggers and setters. I’d like to join you, but I’m in Philadelphia and I was just across the pond in Sweden a month ago (I actually was composing the annotation while in … Read more >>
York S&B 2026 puzzle by Exit
Exit is a regular contributor of puzzles at S&Bs – here is his puzzle for the 2026 York event.
York Sloggers & Betters 2026 by Cheeseman
Like the Romans, Vikings, Scots, Saxons and, latterly, 15×15 Bloggers and Setters, what goes to York stays in York, so aside from this crossword blog much of what goes on behind the doors … Read more >>
York S&B 2026 puzzle by Major
I hope you’ve all been having a good time in York. Here is Major’s contribution to the puzzle collection.
Financial Times Sunday 168 – News by Jason
The monthly crossword themed around current affairs, this month brought to you by Jason. Find it online at ft.com/crossword
Independent on Sunday 1,913 by Filbert
This puzzle, which as things stand will be the final Filbert Sunday Indy, is available to solve online or download here.
Guardian Quiptic 1,405/Chandler
A thoughtfully constructed Quiptic from Chandler to ease us into Greenwich Mean Time.
Ouroboros Puzzle – York Sloggers & Betters 2026
This blog is for a puzzle by Ouroboros, who I thought was a debut setter, but I note he had an Independent puzzle published in 2024, and, slightly embarrassingly in terms of memory, … Read more >>
York S&B 2026 – Await Further Instructions by Henri
Await Further Instructions by Henri
Hello from a bright and friendly corner of a damp and grey York. A copy of the puzzle is available here.
Invicta Puzzle – York Sloggers & Betters 2026
I think this is Invicta’s first puzzle to be blogged on fifteensquared, but he does contribute regularly to the site as a blogger (Leedsclimber)
WHEELTAPPERS AND PUNSTERS by Burrows
A largely sound and pleasant crossword from Burrows. He does use one or two devices with which I’m not familiar so either he is using things that setters nowadays and in the future will be using or he is making the odd mistake. Being a dyed-in-the-wool Ximenean I’m less than happy with the fact that several answers have less than 50% checking.
Definitions underlined in crimson. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)* and their indicators in italics. Deletions indicated [like this] and homophones “like this”.
Gemelo No. 51
What a good crossword Gemelo has set. The surfaces are convincing and read sensibly, and the crossword gave me much pleasure to solve.
My guess is that anyone who does these crosswords will have a copy of Chambers to hand and so won’t need everything to be spelled out. In the parsing I have confined myself to explaining when the wordplay is not immediately clear.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*