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Qaos has set the Guardian Genius puzzle for September The preamble this month was fairly short and told us that each clue contains a superfluous word. In order, the first letters … Read more >>
Is this the first puzzle by Dalibor in the Independent? If so, this was a fine one to open the account. I’m familiar with his puzzles created for the various Sloggers and Betters … Read more >>
A satisfying and challenging puzzle from Picaroon for this week’s prize puzzle.
A relatively straightforward preamble this week. In MUSICAL THEME AND VARIATIONS, the THEME (16dn) is a musical work — probably its composer’s best-known piece — and the VARIATIONS are literally based on its … Read more >>
Another excellent offering from WANDERER who serves up a delightfully witty and innovatively clued crossward. Liked the nice mix of long and short solutions, as well as a couple of the cluing devices used. Thanks , WANDERER.
Well, I commented yesterday that it had been a great week. Who better than Tramp to round off an excellent run of weekday puzzles? If I’d never done a Tramp puzzle before, my … Read more >>
It’s Phi-day today, with our regular Friday compiler bringing this week’s set of mid-week puzzles to an end. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, which I managed to solve and parse … Read more >>
Found it tricky to get started, only really getting into it once I got a couple of the longer ones. A lot of nice clues – favourites 10/15, 12ac, 14ac, and 3dn. Thanks to Philistine.
Neo provides us with a fun workout this morning.
Serpent fills the Thursday slot this week I really enjoyed this puzzle as one I found that gradually unfolded rather than one where there were some early write-ins. For me, … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 15, 2018
Another good puzzle from Julius, as always. Not as much wit and political satire as we sometimes get but still very enjoyable regardless. Thank you Julius.
It seems that Eccles is becoming an increasingly regular setter on Fifteensquared, filling in many of the Wednesday slots that used to be occupied by Dac. Which is appropriate, for he is a good setter, not the hardest, but always challenging enough and pleasant to solve.
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A nice surprise to get an Arachne for my first blog after a couple of weeks away in the Highlands (thanks to Loonapick and Teacow for keeping my seat warm). Lots of fun … Read more >>
The umpteenth Inquisitor from Phi … Preamble: The key phases of the moon here are 1st Quarter, 3rd Quarter and Full. 4-, 8- and 12-letter entries suffer a Phase Shift: the wordplay … Read more >>