Independent 7815/Dac

Everything a bit late this morning. Usually I do it online either soon after midnight or first thing the following morning, but with the website still giving us crosswords that seem to bear … Read more >>

Photographs

Some more photos of crossword-related events: Hamilton Hall, Liverpool Street, Saturday 29 October 2011: October 2011 Rather belatedly, the inaugural 3-D crossword championships in Cheltenham, Saturday 6 August 2011: 3-D Crossword Championship

Financial Times 13839 Jason

A straightforward Jason, with some clever cryptic definitions and surfaces.  Thanks, Jason.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  Hidden connection in the picture sets. Across 1 Metal bands stumped by charges (6) STRAPS … Read more >>

Guardian 25,468 – Brummie

Today’s mini-theme is not exactly my forte nor my cup of tea, resulting in me spending more than an hour to solve. However, the answers are gettable from the wordplay. ACROSS 9 IAMBI … Read more >>

Five Years Ago Today

Five years ago today (1/11/2006) the first blog appeared on Fifteensquared. It was for Guardian 23,910 by Janus and was written by neildubya, the founder of this site. So, what have we achieved … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 25467 Brendan

We find an unexpected Brendan for today’s crossword, and which is also a bit harder (especially the SE corner) than the usual start to the week.  Perhaps there is something going on…. The crossword is … Read more >>

Independent 7813 by Quixote

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism This was a fairly standard Quixote puzzle, not too difficult but with one or two unusual words giving slight pause for thought. Most of … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,131

A very challenging week, though typically not short on quality from Beelzebub. 15ac is this week’s challenge for readers to explain. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across 1 ASCLEPIAD – … Read more >>