REDSHANK serves up a fun challenge in the FT to close the roller coaster of a year that 2021 has been!
Inquisitor Review of 2020-21 by Nimrod
Another cracking set. On behalf of all of the solving team, many thanks to all the compilers for their ingenuity. PDMs aplenty, as usual! A Trivial Pursuit – III I’ve done my usual … Read more >>
Guardian 28,632 / Maskarade
This is the bumper Guardian Christmas crossword from Maskarade, which did provide us a good few days of various family members poring over it and suggesting answers, so definitely ticked the “fun holiday … Read more >>
Independent 10,987 by Phi
Phi pops up on a Thursday this week – is there something special in store for us tomorrow?
Financial Times 16,980 by BUCCANEER
I think I finished this Buccaneer…
Guardian Cryptic 28,641 by Vlad
A slow solve today, starting in the southwest corner with…
Financial Times 16,972 by Mudd
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 18, 2021
Enigmatic Variations No.1518 – Burned Out by Nudd
“All clues contain a misprint of one letter in the definition part. The correct letters in clue order give two suggestions as to the nature of the twelve unclued entries (the second of these suggestions proceeds to indicate why these particular entries might be BURNED OUT). Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended; all entries are real words or phrases.”
Financial Times 16,979 by IO
A wonderful puzzle from Io. Thank you Io.
If you fancy a go the puzzle can be printed here…
Guardian 28,640 – Boatman
A tricky puzzle from Boatman today, though maybe not reaching the level of one self-describing answer. There’s an obvious theme of punctuation marks, found in many of the clues and some of the … Read more >>
Independent 10,986 / Eccles
Eccles has provided a puzzle for the last Wednesday slot of 2021. After some of the tougher cruciverbal challenges of the Christmas weekend, it was nice to have a more accessible, but nonetheless … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1730: Selection Box by Skylark
Skylark’s fifth Inquisitor. I first encountered her on her first foray into the Inquisitor genre when I blogged 1614, the Abbey Road puzzle. All her offerings have been interesting and this was no … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,639 by Qaos
Qaos is today's Guardian setter.
Independent 10985 / Bartholomew
Bartholomew is the setter today. I can’t find any previous puzzles by Bartholomew on fifteensquared, so I thought we must have a new setter. However, I cam up with another idea whilst writing … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1,154/Pasquale
A textbook Quiptic from the Don. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined Across 1 Reveal end … Read more >>