Independent

This puzzle from Scorpion made me think quite a bit before I solved it all.       I normally write the blog for these puzzles a day or two in advance by accessing … Read more >>

Sorry this is a bit late, at any rate later than it would have been. The online crossword when I switched on around 9.00 was yesterday’s Tees, so I had to go out … Read more >>

Tees has adopted a very topical theme for this enjoyable puzzle. It took us a little longer than we might have expected to tumble to the theme – probably due to our tendency … Read more >>

I suspect Quixote might have had a double dose of Weetabix for his breakfast before setting this one.  I found it a good deal more difficult than his usual Monday puzzle. It’s all … Read more >>

This seems to be the first occasion on which I’ve blogged an Alchemi puzzle. I must admit I found it fairly challenging, requiring a few sittings thoughout the week. The explanation for 3dn … Read more >>

Thinking back, I’m not certain that I’ve ever actually managed to finish off a Monk puzzle, so no surprises that this was a bit of a slog. I can’t add much other than, … Read more >>

This didn’t strike me as a standard Phi puzzle today.       There seemed to me to be more obscure words today than one would normally find in a Phi puzzle.  My … Read more >>

There I was when I found a word repeated in the answers thinking that Eimi had been a bit repetitive, and quite failing to realise that today has a special meaning (although, to … Read more >>

An enjoyable puzzle as expected from Dac. Lovely surface readings and some clever misdirections. Joyce liked 2d and thought it could be the Clue of the Month but it was certainly our COD. … Read more >>

It is a long time since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Morph, so I was quite excited at the prospect of getting to grips with this one, and … Read more >>

Monday and it’s Punk to start our week. Punk and his alter egos can be quite rude but not so today. We have a theme of the various Miller’s Tales Don’t really get 14a … Read more >>

Poins is a regular in the IoS slot, and as usual this was a generally pleasing and not too fiendish puzzle; but I do have a few niggles and am interested to hear … Read more >>

Sorry for the late appearance of this post but the scheduled blogger hasn’t turned up. In the interest of minimising further delay, I have kept my comments to a minimum. An enjoyable puzzle … Read more >>

There are two ways in which Phi has departed from the norm today: when I first looked at the grid and saw the long across one to begin with and the little bit … Read more >>

We are celebrating our first anniversary of blogging on fifteensquared this week and it’s Thursday so we expected a somewhat difficult solve, especially when we saw that it was Tyrus who has the … Read more >>