Fifteensquared – Page 553 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian Saturday Puzzle 28,326 / Picaroon

Sat January 2, 2021 at 8:47 pmSat January 2, 2021 at 12:02 am by Eileen

Picaroon rounds off the year of Saturday crosswords with a puzzle that initially baffled me more than most of you, I suspect. The Special instructions were: ‘Wordplay in all but one of the … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 28331 Brendan

Fri January 1, 2021 at 9:52 am by scchua

Thanks to Brendan. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8. Semi-human creature Greek character encountered in youth (8) MINOTAUR : TAU(nineteenth character in the Greek alphabet) contained in(encountered in) MINOR(a youth/person under … Read more >>

Independent 10,677 by Phi

Fri January 1, 2021 at 9:30 am by Quirister

Here’s the latest from Phi, who continues to produce enjoyable puzzles every week. The clues range from fairly straightforward to quite tricky, with a good range of clue types and surprisingly few anagrams. … Read more >>

Inquisitor index: 2021

Tue April 8, 2025 at 12:26 pmFri January 1, 2021 at 1:23 am by HolyGhost

Puzzles 1680 – 1731

Independent 10,676 by Morph

Thu December 31, 2020 at 8:24 am by Bertandjoyce

Wow – we have the honour of blogging a Morph puzzle on the last day of the year! We always relish Morph’s puzzles for their topical themes and brilliant clues, but this really … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,672 by WANDERER

Thu December 31, 2020 at 7:52 am by loonapick

Wanderer makes a rare Thursday appearance. This was a typically challenging Wanderer puzzle, which may have a theme, but I can't see it. There were some very interesting devices used her that are … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 28,330 by Paul

Thu December 31, 2020 at 3:58 pmThu December 31, 2020 at 4:41 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28330. The theme is worn on the sleeve: ‘champions’ appears in several clues, and is fairly clearly soccer-related. It turns out that the reference is to UEFA … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,664 by Mudd

Sat January 2, 2021 at 7:11 pmThu December 31, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 19, 2020 This puzzle was a very unusual one for me in that there was one clue that I was completely unable to explain, 3dn … Read more >>

Independent 10,675 / Eccles

Fri January 1, 2021 at 12:58 amWed December 30, 2020 at 1:16 pm by RatkojaRiku

The last Wednesday slot of the year has fallen to Eccles to fill and to me to blog. I think that I have managed to complete this medium-difficulty puzzle correctly, but I would … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,671 by NEO

Wed December 30, 2020 at 2:42 pmWed December 30, 2020 at 11:24 am by PeeDee

A nice straightforward puzzle. Thank you Neo. ACROSS 9 BRASSIERE Club about to give female support (9) BRASSIE (a golf club) and RE (about, regarding) 10 TASER Stunner posed again facing backwards (5) … Read more >>

Guardian 28,329 / Enigmatist

Wed December 30, 2020 at 9:16 pmWed December 30, 2020 at 9:46 am by Eileen

This is my third Enigmatist blog in a row and as I said last time, we don’t see him very often – the last time was six months ago. I know I’m not … Read more >>

Inquisitor Review of 2019-20 by Nimrod

Sun January 10, 2021 at 1:33 pmTue December 29, 2020 at 10:55 am by Admin

A Trivial Pursuit – II

Last year, as an exercise suggested by a solver who emailed to say that he was somewhat disgruntled by the lack of Literature themes, I broke down the Inquisitors of the Year into (quite loosely-defined) categories.