Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
Exit is a regular contributor of puzzles at S&Bs – here is his puzzle for the 2026 York event.
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 >>
I hope you’ve all been having a good time in York. Here is Major’s contribution to the puzzle collection.
The monthly crossword themed around current affairs, this month brought to you by Jason. Find it online at ft.com/crossword
This puzzle, which as things stand will be the final Filbert Sunday Indy, is available to solve online or download here.
A thoughtfully constructed Quiptic from Chandler to ease us into Greenwich Mean Time.
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 >>
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.
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)
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”.
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)*
The puzzle may be found at https://observer.co.uk/puzzles/everyman/article/everyman-no-4174
What a splendid puzzle from metagloria. This was great fun.