January 2020 – Page 6 – Fifteensquared

Guardian 28,026 – Picaroon

January 10, 2020 at 8:35 am by Andrew

I found this pretty easy going most of the time, though the SE corner held me up a little, but with all the wit and ingenuity we exapect from this setter. Thanks to … Read more >>

Independent 10372 / Phi

January 10, 2020 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Last week I blogged a puzzle by Skinny, a newbie in the daily Independent team of setters. This week I am facing an old stager in Phi. Phi often has … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 28,025 by Nutmeg

January 9, 2020 at 6:02 pmJanuary 9, 2020 at 9:30 am by Quirister

A tricky but enjoyable challenge today. As always, Nutmeg provides lovely surfaces, some of them also very neatly concise: 15a, 19a and 24d for example. She also enjoys definitions ranging from the slightly … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,369 by FALCON

January 9, 2020 at 8:30 amJanuary 9, 2020 at 7:22 am by loonapick

Today’s FT puzzle is by Falcon.

Independent 10,371 by Knut

January 9, 2020 at 1:37 am by John

A pleasant crossword from Knut today. I shall say no more because if I do the casual viewer of the top of this post may be alerted. Definitions in dark orchid, underlined. Anagram … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,360 by Mudd

January 11, 2020 at 2:57 pmJanuary 9, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 28, 2019

Financial Times 16,368 by ARTEXLEN

January 8, 2020 at 3:09 pmJanuary 8, 2020 at 1:19 pm by PeeDee

A fine and straightforward puzzle with good surface readings. Thank you Artexlen. ACROSS 1 LEFT-WINGER Player taken off before victory against Germany (4-6) LEFT (taken off) then WIN (victory) with GER (Germany) 7 … Read more >>

Independent 10,370 by Tees

January 8, 2020 at 7:56 am by Bertandjoyce

A TEES puzzle today to tease our senses. There were three idioms within the final grid today, two of which contained long anagrams which we enjoyed ‘teesing’ out. We had to check one … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 28,024 by Brummie

January 8, 2020 at 3:17 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28024. I thought this a very good puzzle from Brummie. He often has a theme, but if there is one here, it escapes me. I particularly liked … Read more >>

Independent 10,369 / Filbert

January 7, 2020 at 1:55 pm by RatkojaRiku

Filbert has provided today’s cruciverbal teaser, and since it is Tuesday, there has to be a theme of sorts, and today it is immediately identified at 32. I found this to be a … Read more >>

Guardian 28,023 / Qaos

January 7, 2020 at 10:48 amJanuary 7, 2020 at 10:00 am by Eileen

Hurrah on two counts from me today: a puzzle from one of my favourite setters and I managed to see the theme – although it would have been quite hard to miss. I … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1627: Tourist Information by Harribobs

January 7, 2020 at 4:05 pmJanuary 7, 2020 at 10:00 am by kenmac

Tourist Information by Harribobs Answers to asterisked clues are entered normally; all others must be cycled on entry. Four answers are members of a group of seven seasoned travellers, and are clued by … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,367 by HAMILTON

January 7, 2020 at 3:33 am by Grant Baynham

Oh, hullo, it’s Hamilton again…

Guardian Quiptic 1051 Matilda

January 6, 2020 at 9:50 am by scchua

Thanks Matilda for a fun Quiptic. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Know-how that hurts in the media (7) PROWESS : OW!(exclamation when something hurts one/That hurts!) contained in(in) PRESS(the media, … Read more >>

Independent 10,368 by Vigo

January 6, 2020 at 9:30 am by Quirister

A nice straightforward puzzle for the first Monday of the new year. My fellow bloggers have commented before that Vigo’s puzzles are good examples for beginners who want to learn how this cryptic … Read more >>