Never knowingly undersolved
Friday is normally a day for a puzzle from Phi, but he set the Tuesday puzzle this week. Tees is in the Friday slot. The clue at 9/10 across looked … Read more >>
A challenging puzzle from GUY that I made very heavy weather of.
A Thursday challenge from Twin; I enjoyed blogging this setter’s Indy puzzle a month ago, and was happy to meet again.
NOTE: There was a glitch on The Independent website, which caused a four-year-old Tyrus puzzle to appear. This has now been corrected.
If you want to see the Tyrus blog (10,655) then click here: https://www.fifteensquared.net/2020/12/05/independent-10655-by-tyrus/
Jason is today's compiler.
The puzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29558.
“Solvers must remove a superfluous word from each of 23 clues before solving. Taking either the first or last letter from these words, in clue order, indicates how to LOOP the remaining answers for entry, resolving any clashes. All entries in the final grid are real words.”
Fed makes a welcome return to the mid-week slot with a puzzle that I found most enjoyable and rewarding. Lots of clever and witty clues, as usual – just one piece of parsing … Read more >>
Eccles appears in his regular midweek spot.
A fun puzzle from Neo with a clear theme.
My apologies to one and all for the disgracefully late posting – I am currently on sick leave and have lost my bearings somewhat. And who would ever expect there to be a … Read more >>
We have a new setter today. I can’t find any reference to previous puzzles set by Sauce in the fifteensquared records. Sauce’s first act was to present us with a … Read more >>
Had a slow start before things started clicking into place. Particularly enjoyed 8dn, 15dn, and 16dn. Thanks to Brummie for the puzzle
I found myself struggling to complete this Gozo gallimaufry . . .
ARTEXLEN kicks off the week…
I didn’t enjoy this offering from Bard as much as I did the last of his/her cryptics that I blogged. I found it a bit clunky and strained in places. But that’s just … Read more >>