Never knowingly undersolved
The preamble to Genius 154 tells us: “Solutions to the clues are to be entered in one of two ways to be determined by the solver, which are confirmed by a message that … Read more >>
Apologies for the delay to today’s blog – a tussle with Tees. The lack of that extra week now the prize element is no longer with us is my lame excuse. Luckily for me … Read more >>
When I entered my blogging dates into my new 2016 diary and saw that I was down to blog the Prize puzzle on 23rd April – the Shakespeare Quatercentenary and St George’s Day … Read more >>
Six across clue answers need jumbling and adding a letter – six down clue answers need jumbling and losing a letter. The added and lost letters then give the main words of a … Read more >>
We need a new blogger to cover the Tuesday Financial Times (three weeks out of four). If you are interested in joining the Fifteensquared team please let me know via admin{at}fifteensquared{dot}net.
It’s not often that I get the opportunity to cover an Indy puzzle so this has been a pleasant change. Phi frequently has a ghost theme and I’m fairly sure that today is … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26871.
An excellent challenge from Wanderer this morning! Truly relished the challenge despite coming up short on 1 clue for the solve, and another for the parsing. Thanks to Wanderer for a great workout and to Geoff for the help where needed.
loonapick is stuck in a Belfast studio without Wi-Fi and I have to go out shortly so this will, of necessity, be just a quick analysis of the clues. Having said that, I … Read more >>
A nice surprise this morning – a very welcome return for Brendan, with a puzzle that was not too much of a challenge for a weekday but a very enjoyable solve. Brendan’s puzzles … Read more >>
This is the first Math puzzle in the Indy for more than three years, and the first one that we have ever blogged. We’re sorry to say that, during the solve, we didn’t … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Apr 18, 2016
Falcon has become a Monday regular which will please all those who still miss the Everyman old style.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 16, 2016
I enjoyed this very much for a while, great surfaces and great clues. Then I gound to a halt. There are some I still can’t explain. Any help appreciated. Thanks Hamilton.
Several answers, especially the longer ones, were written in very quickly, but this still took a long time with quite a few obscurities. Favourite 4dn – I’m unsure of my parsing of 12ac and 27ac.