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Another entertaining outing from the Master, although I do take exception to a couple of his definitions.  I took this puzzle with me to the Sloggers and Betters meeting in Birmingham last Saturday, … Read more >>

I have written this blog fairly early as I will be travelling for most of the day.  If the wi-fi on East Coast Mainline works well, I should be able to read comments … Read more >>

An easy but enjoyable puzzle from Chifonie – and for once I have a time-zone difference that makes it easy to get the post done in time 🙂 Across 1. ALLOWED ALL = “Everything” … Read more >>

I was thinking it was a while since we had a Brendan puzzle, so I was very pleased to see his name on this one. Unusually, his last offering told us, ‘There is … Read more >>

It has been a laugh a minute this morning when I unravelled Paul’s latest offering. In many cases, I first hazarded a likely answer and then worked backwards to justify the word-play and … Read more >>

The usual straightforward stuff from Rufus today, with lots of double definitions. Only two cryptic definitions, one of which I find rather unsatisfactory.           Across 7. NARRATION RAN reversed … Read more >>

A mixed avian theme this week with birds, bird songs and Birdsong.  The clues are very tight, no unused words or vague cryptic definitions – nice one Paul. Across 1 TITCHY sCavenging cHeetah … Read more >>

A delightful puzzle from Pasquale – scrupulously fair clues, as ever, and not too hard today. Incidentally, I think this is my 150th post on fifteensquared 🙂 Across 1. SCABBY CABBY = “driver” to … Read more >>

I seem to have spent almost as much time trying – unsuccessfully – to come up with a preamble for this puzzle as I did in solving it. I’ll just say that I … Read more >>

A couple of weeks ago I noted that I was blogging my first Araucaria puzzle for over six months; today I see that this is my first Paul for even longer: since 23rd … Read more >>

Another delightful Tuesday morning spent unravelling Arachne’s exquisite blend of teasers. Lots of entertainment value. ACROSS 5 PARDON dd “What? I didn’t quite hear you” being synonymous with “Pardon, can you say that … Read more >>

The scheduled blogger has gone AWOL so here is an analysis of the clues. I didn’t solve this puzzle (I have just parsed the clues from the published solution) and so cannot comment … Read more >>