Guardian

My second blog of the week, as promised, and it was a delight to find Arachne’s name on today’s puzzle. Mostly not too hard, though 5d took me a while to parse, but … Read more >>

You’ll be getting a double dose of me this week, as I’m standing in for the holidaying Loonapick this morning. This was a typically quick solve from this setter, with mostly straightforward constructions … Read more >>

On a personal note, this is a nice landmark for me: it’s my 250th post on Fifteensquared, and I’ve been posting here for just over 10 years, starting by writing about one Guardian … Read more >>

The SW quadrant wasn’t so easy as the others. Thanks to Vlad for the challenge. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1, 13 Villain gesturing angrily unlikely to be this (6,10) VIRTUE … Read more >>

It’s always good to see Tramp’s name on a puzzle and this came up to the usual expectations.       Unusually for Tramp, no theme leapt out this morning – but I … Read more >>

Pan is one of the regulars in the Monday slot, and in fact last appeared only two weeks ago. He/she also sets Quiptics, and is usually well towards the “easy” end of the … Read more >>