Atrica provides us with today’s challenge.
Financial Times 17,476 by BRADMAN
BRADMAN kicks off the week… Apologies for the lateness of this, and the formatting being a bit off, and for a lack of grid image – had some issues with the blogging tool … Read more >>
Independent 11,476 by Bluth
I found this to be a very enjoyable and inventive puzzle which was on the more difficult side.
Guardian Quiptic 1,236/Bartland
Many delightful surface readings in this morning’s Quiptic from Bartland, with only the slightly solver-unfriendly grid ratcheting up the difficulty level. I enjoyed this one. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,130 by Philistine
A few extra tricks compared to most Mondays – my favourites were 8ac, 9ac, 12ac/14ac, 1dn, 3dn, and 7dn. Thanks to Philistine
Nutmeg Tributes
I believe that the New Statesman’s Margaret Irvine tribute crossword by Anorak will appear this coming Friday (28th). There will be a full tribute to Margaret in July edition of 1 Across magazine: … Read more >>
A milestone for Fifteensquared – 1000th individual blog
The first blog in the Fifteensquared database was published on 1st November 2006 when neildubya blogged Guardian 23910, followed the next day by nmsindy explaining Independent 6254.
Independent on Sunday 1,743 by Shabbo
Shabbo returns for the first time since December last year and first time for me to blog.
Everyman 4,004
Everyman has done all the right things here so far as I can see. Nice surfaces, sound clues, and all within the restrictions of the rhyming pair, the self-referential clue and the first letters clue. When history is written I suspect this Everyman will bear comparison with some of the greats of the past.
Definitions underlined, in crimson. Indicators (hidden, anagram, homophone, reversal etc.) in italics. Anagrams indicated like (this)* or *(this). Link-words in green.
Azed 2665
A mid-month puzzle from Azed is usually a plain puzzle, as this one is. I got off to a good start, possibly because there were quite a few ‘everyday’ entries, but … Read more >>
Independent 11,475 by Bluebird
The puzzle is available here.
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 757 ) Redacted Normality
I had trouble trying to choose a title for this blog. There are so many adjectives in the answers compared to the number of nouns, and many of those adjectives lend themselves to … Read more >>
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,123 by Arachne (15 July 2023)
A first appearance from Arachne in quite a while, and a poignant preamble: ‘In memory of 5 (25 10), 1948-2023‘.
Financial Times 17,469 by Zamorca
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 15, 2023
Independent 11474 / Phi
Phi is in his usual Independent slot this Friday This seems to be a gimmick- and theme-free crossword with a good mix of reasonably well-known words and phrases. For me, … Read more >>