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The puzzle is available here. Hello, and a very Happy New Year to all visitors and contributors. For me the new year really starts when things return to normal after the festivities … Read more >>
I do not have the time to do all the puzzles I would like to do. We have such an overwhelming choice of new puzzles each day, plus hundreds, thousands, from earlier days … Read more >>
An unfamiliar setter’s name today, for the last Independent puzzle of the year.
Phi pops up on a Thursday this week – is there something special in store for us tomorrow?
Eccles has provided a puzzle for the last Wednesday slot of 2021. After some of the tougher cruciverbal challenges of the Christmas weekend, it was nice to have a more accessible, but nonetheless … Read more >>
Bartholomew is the setter today. I can’t find any previous puzzles by Bartholomew on fifteensquared, so I thought we must have a new setter. However, I cam up with another idea whilst writing … Read more >>
A rare chance for me to blog a Monk puzzle – he doesn’t often crop up on a Monday. I found this a medium difficulty puzzle (there’s one clue I’m not sure of, … Read more >>
If you’re going to have a less than serious Crimbo-themed puzzle, who better to put i/c than Hoskins? I am usually to be found in the Bah! Humbug! camp when it comes to … Read more >>
‘Tis the day before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse;
The children are nestled all snug in their beds;
but the adults have a Phi to solve to challenge their heads!
Morph has provided us with a splendid cruciverbal challenge to ease us into the Christmas weekend. The grid is an interesting one, accommodating four long down entries but no long across ones. I … Read more >>
A no-show by the scheduled blogger so here is an analysis of the clues with no further commentary. Across 6 River bend with profundity (6) DEEPLY – DEE (river) PLY (bend) 7 Fail … Read more >>
I don’t think I have blogged a Tees puzzle for a while, but I try and solve the Independent puzzles every weekday, so I have solved many of his puzzles over recent weeks … Read more >>
Medium-difficulty from Filbert today, I thought: a few slightly obscure entries, but with clear wordplay.
Welcome back to Dill, whose puzzles don’t seem to have come up very often recently.
Thank you to Tees. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9. Develop complex (9) ELABORATE : Double defn: 1st: To add more detail to, say, a theory, policy, or basic story line; … Read more >>