Never knowingly undersolved
We’ve now blogged two Phi puzzles in a row – not that we are complaining, there was a lot to enjoy as usual today. Some lovely smooth surfaces as expected – we particularly … Read more >>
Another fairly late posting today, as, hardly surprisingly, I was not up with the lark this New Year’s Day! Donk has supplied the first cruciverbal challenge of 2015, and what a challenge it … Read more >>
An extremely pleasant surprise to see Arachne again. 22ac my favourite of an excellent bunch. Happy New Year, all.
Puzzles 1367 – 1418
For the second year running it has fallen to me to blog the Christmas special by Maskarade, who now occupies Araucaria’s place as the compiler of the holiday special puzzle. This was a … Read more >>
Prize crossword from the FT of December 20, 2014 Due to a mistake on my part stemming from the unusually small print on this special crossword, this blog was published about a day … Read more >>
I have delayed writing this post because I was having difficulty finding something to say that I didn’t say this time last year, and the year before, and the year before that, and … Read more >>
An excellent puzzle for anyone starting out at cryptic crossword solving. You can have a go at the puzzle here.
Thanks Orense.
I have been blogging on Fifteensquared for over 7 years with nearly 350 blogs, but I think this is the first time I have blogged a puzzle set by Don Manley. … Read more >>
My, what a difficult year 2013 was to follow! But follow, 2014 did, with another harvest of wonderful ideas from an amazing collection of setters. I’m slightly surprised, looking back, to find only … Read more >>
Nothing too troubling in this one, with just one (easily gettable) answer that was new to me. Thanks to Qaos for the entertainment, and Happy New Year to all. As (almost) always with … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 22 As in previous years Dante [aka Rufus] gave us a Carte Rosée, a crossword without black squares and clue numbers, the clues lacking enumeration too. Although Dante didn’t tell us, … Read more >>
The Christmas Puzzle, entitled Christmas Charity Donation, was set by the Inquisitor Crossword Editor, John Henderson, in his guise of Nimrod. The preamble stated that " a certain charity is the … Read more >>
Tees does sometimes test us to the limits (all right, he did here for me with 16dn, although that was just my fault) but in this enjoyable crossword, with clues that are all so far as I can see good and interesting despite my misgivings about 24dn, he has been fairly gentle to us.
The simple theme uses the unches at the top and bottom and near the sides. In these types of Nina we usually see the unches at the very left and right, not as here, but perhaps it’s easier to fill a more conventional grid.
Definitions underlined
A benign offering from Chifonie this morning.