Never knowingly undersolved
A great example of a none-too-tricky puzzle that was nevertheless great fun to solve. Nothing particularly arcane (although I did learn one new word); just well-crafted, creative wordplay. Thanks Orense. ACROSS 1. POSITS … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/24 Oct After last week’s Monday Prize Crossword (a smoothie by Armonie, which unfortunately didn’t call for many comments), we return to a familiar area with this Dante puzzle . I found this a … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 22 I dashed off the last Cincinnus puzzle in this slot in 20 minutes. This one I had to work on over the course of … Read more >>
Problems with my car have taken up most of the day, so a late and rushed blog. I still have two I’m unsure of, any help appreciated. I’m unsure of the answer to … Read more >>
Everything a bit late this morning. Usually I do it online either soon after midnight or first thing the following morning, but with the website still giving us crosswords that seem to bear … Read more >>
I have solved many puzzles by Paul in my time, and have blogged a Gaurdian Genius by Paul, but I don’t think I have blogged a daily one since I started blogging Guardian … Read more >>
Phew – what a scorcher! Twenty 3-letter answers to be fitted where they will (seven abbreviations, thirteen of another sort yielding a “juke box source”), an anagram of ten letters in shaded … Read more >>
Some more photos of crossword-related events: Hamilton Hall, Liverpool Street, Saturday 29 October 2011: October 2011 Rather belatedly, the inaugural 3-D crossword championships in Cheltenham, Saturday 6 August 2011: 3-D Crossword Championship
For those that are suffering a loss of Indy goodness…. Taken a little work but here is the missing crossword for you to do. Think of it as a birthday present from 15 … Read more >>
Long time, no see for the Bannsider, who rarely appears away from Saturdays, the Indy’s web site is still down so I’ve had to try and do this with no recourse to the … Read more >>
A straightforward Jason, with some clever cryptic definitions and surfaces. Thanks, Jason. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Hidden connection in the picture sets. Across 1 Metal bands stumped by charges (6) STRAPS … Read more >>
Today’s mini-theme is not exactly my forte nor my cup of tea, resulting in me spending more than an hour to solve. However, the answers are gettable from the wordplay. ACROSS 9 IAMBI … Read more >>
Five years ago today (1/11/2006) the first blog appeared on Fifteensquared. It was for Guardian 23,910 by Janus and was written by neildubya, the founder of this site. So, what have we achieved … Read more >>