2020 – Page 33 – Fifteensquared

Independent 10,561 / Crosophile

August 18, 2020 at 8:00 am by RatkojaRiku

Crosophile has compiled this week’s Tuesday puzzle. As we all know, there tends to be something going on, some kind of theme, in the Tuesday puzzles – what will it be today, one … Read more >>

Guardian 28,215 – Vlad

August 18, 2020 at 10:08 amAugust 18, 2020 at 7:28 am by Andrew

A tough challenge from the impaler today, with a political flavour to many of the clues. I see ACE across the middle row – I don’t know if that’s significant. Despite the tricky … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,558 by FALCON

August 18, 2020 at 1:28 am by Grant Baynham

Solid Tuesday fun from the Falcon. All pretty straightforward, although I did get held up for a couple of minutes trying to think of a novelist in the top right before sanity prevailed. … Read more >>

Independent 10,560 by Tees

August 17, 2020 at 9:00 am by NealH

Some good fun-packed clues from Tees. 21 and 16 stood out for me as excellent. ACROSS 9/10 GARDENING LEAVE Cruelly avenging leader in suspension from job (9,5) (Avenging leader)* 11 DROVE Resistance … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 28,214 by Matilda

August 17, 2020 at 8:40 am by loonapick

Matilda gets a third outing as a cryptic setter today. I have never blogged (or indeed solved) a Matilda puzzle before (I only have time these days to solve puzzles that I am … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 1083 Beale

August 17, 2020 at 1:41 pmAugust 17, 2020 at 8:32 am by scchua

Thanks Beale for an enjoyable Quiptic, made easier with the many anagrams. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Nothing fits with information detectives last gave on killing (8) GENOCIDE : O(letter … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,557 by MOO

August 17, 2020 at 5:18 am by Teacow

MOO!… I believe this is the first MOO I’ve blogged. A very satisfying solve with a lot of very nice surfaces. 7d and 20a amused me. Thanks MOO! ACROSS 1. Go, but only … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,590 by Hypnos

August 16, 2020 at 9:47 am by Kitty

The puzzle can be found here. Hi everyone, I hope all is well with you. Thanks to Hypnos for today entertainment. My favourite clues were those for CODE (1a) and ODIN (31a). … Read more >>

Azed 2513

August 16, 2020 at 9:32 amAugust 16, 2020 at 12:05 am by Andrew

Quite a tricky one this week I thought, with a lot of unfamiliar words in both answers and wordplay. Everything worked out soundly in the end, of course, with just a slight niggle … Read more >>

Everyman 3,852

August 16, 2020 at 12:01 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3852. This week we have paired clues aplenty: 1A OFF-THE-WALL and 26A ON THE SHELF; the rhyming pair 4D WEBCAMS and 5D LOG JAMS; the assonant artists … Read more >>

Independent 10,559 by Knut (Saturday Puzzle 15 August 2020)

August 15, 2020 at 11:46 amAugust 15, 2020 at 10:00 am by mc_rapper67

A ‘gubernatorial’ feel to this puzzle, with three references to ‘presidents’, plus Mao, Merkel, Her Majesty and Charlie…and also some pop royalty with Tina Turner and Yoko…and all that just in the clues!

Enigmatic Variations No.1446 – Band to Reset by Ifor

August 15, 2020 at 12:01 am by Mister Sting

“Clues are normal and in conventional order; bars (which would not be symmetrical) must not be shown. Numbers given are answer lengths. Three cells each containing more than one letter must have each group replaced by a symbol. In the completed grid 20 cells containing two names and one letter showing a position in a sequence must be highlighted and three letters italicised; the centre cell is left empty. Solvers must empty six further cells which allow BAND TO reset, leaving real words. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”