2018 – Page 43 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times 15,898 by Rosa Klebb

Mon July 16, 2018 at 2:04 pmThu July 12, 2018 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 30, 2018

Financial Times 15,907 by AARDVARK

Thu July 12, 2018 at 2:32 pmWed July 11, 2018 at 2:19 pm by PeeDee

My apologies for the lateness of the blog today

Guardian Cryptic 27,558 by Qaos

Wed July 11, 2018 at 9:46 am by manehi

An enjoyable puzzle with some lovely surfaces, and a couple of niggles that turned up while blogging without spoiling the solving. Favourites were 13ac, 22ac, 24ac, 21dn, and 23dn.

Independent 9904 / Knut

Wed July 11, 2018 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Knut focuses on topical news in his puzzles. Topicality of course is constrained by the lead times required to get a puzzle compiled, edited and published in a national daily. … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1549: Heaven by Chalicea

Wed July 11, 2018 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

Chalicea is a fairly regular contributor to the Inquisitor series. I blogged her most recent one in January that focused on the SS Great Eastern and the transatlantic communications cable. … Read more >>

Independent 9,903 by Filbert

Tue July 10, 2018 at 10:14 am by John

Back in April I blogged my first Filbert and wrote:

I enjoyed this crossword by a setter whose crosswords I have never blogged. Previous puzzles seem to have been rather difficult. This one was also on the hard side, but there are some very good clues here and it all just about makes sense after solving.

Nothing has changed. Filbert has continued the good work.

Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.