Fifteensquared – Page 794 – Never knowingly undersolved

Independent 9,670 by Scorpion

Tue October 10, 2017 at 8:22 amTue October 10, 2017 at 7:16 am by flashling

Usually the Tuesday puzzle has some sort of theme, but I needed some training to spot this one.

Financial Times 15,676 by SAYANG

Tue October 10, 2017 at 6:32 am by Grant Baynham

Our setter gives us something slightly more challenging than the normal Tuesday offering…

Guardian Quiptic 934/Pan

Mon October 9, 2017 at 9:46 amMon October 9, 2017 at 9:09 am by Pierre

Setters will tell you that compiling a Quiptic is hard, despite the fact (or because of the fact) that it’s an ‘easy’ puzzle. There are limitations on what you can do and the … Read more >>

Independent 9,669 by Kairos

Mon October 9, 2017 at 8:16 am by flashling

Been a while since I’ve done a Kairos

Guardian Cryptic 27,323 by Rufus

Tue October 10, 2017 at 12:30 pmMon October 9, 2017 at 2:52 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27323.

AZED 2,364

Sun October 8, 2017 at 9:30 amSun October 8, 2017 at 12:05 am by loonapick

My first Azed blog since I returned to blogging, and thankfully it wasn’t too challenging.

Everyman 3,703

Sun October 8, 2017 at 12:05 am by Gaufrid

Mostly straightforward this week but perhaps tending towards the more difficult end of the Everyman spectrum. 1ac gave me some problems when trying to sort out the parsing because I became convinced that ‘in connection … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1441/Poins

Sun October 8, 2017 at 1:16 pmSun October 8, 2017 at 12:01 am by Pierre

Poins can be tricky for the IoS slot, and I certainly found this one challenging. Plenty of clues: 32 if I have counted correctly, which must be the maximum number you … Read more >>

Independent crossword 9668 by Anax

Sat October 7, 2017 at 12:55 am by twencelas

Seems ages since I have seen a puzzle from Anax. As the temperature starts to fall it should provide a pleasant accompaniment to the first sounds of the central heating emerging from its … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations 1297 Blonde Ambition by Ranunculus

Sat October 7, 2017 at 12:05 am by twencelas

Autumn is here. A tussle with Ranunculus – of the buttercup genus. And the preamble…. The definition parts of nine clues have had two consecutive letters removed which must be reinstated prior to … Read more >>

Guardian 27,316 / Paul

Sat October 7, 2017 at 12:01 am by mhl

As usual a very high quality prize puzzle from Paul – lots to smile about and a pretty accessible theme… … although I should say that we turned out to be surprisingly weak … Read more >>

Independent 9667 / Phi

Fri October 6, 2017 at 8:18 am by Bertandjoyce

Another week goes by – we cannot believe how quickly it’s Friday again and we have another Phi puzzle to solve. We made steady progress with this one until we were left … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,673 by BRADMAN

Fri October 6, 2017 at 2:12 pmFri October 6, 2017 at 7:37 am by Turbolegs

A pleasant challenge from BRADMAN today; steady progress was made for nearly all of the grid with a couple of new words keeping me momentarily occupied for a little longer. 2 typos in the clues but nothing major.