BRADMAN serves up yet another Friday tussle.
Independent 11126 / Phi
Bertandjoyce are unavailable to blog today so you have to put up with me for a second time this week. This was a typical Phi puzzle with a good mix … Read more >>
Month: June 2022
Fifteensquared administration – Change of Guard
For the last thirteen years or so, this site has been maintained and administered by Gaufrid. Unfortunately, Gaufrid’s eyesight has been deteriorating gradually to the point where he finds it almost impossible to … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1541 Difference by Ifor
A puzzle from Ifor with clashes between the wordplay and the defined grid entry. The difference between the clashing letters leading to the population of the bottom row. Some tricky definitions in the … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,116 by JULIUS
Julius is today's FT compiler.
Independent 11,125 / Serpent
Serpent is putting us through our cruciverbal paces this Thursday. I found this to be towards the difficult end of the Indy spectrum, not least in that there was quite a lot of … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,779 by Qaos
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28779.
Financial Times 17,106 by Redshank
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 28, 2022
Guardian 28,778 / Nutmeg
A typically elegant and witty puzzle from Nutmeg this morning, with some straightforward, but clever, charades to help the solve along and some chewier clues to keep the interest. I particularly liked the … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,115 by AARDVARK
A very enjoyable puzzle from Aardvark today. Thank you Aardvark.
Independent 11124 / Eccles
Eccles is a regular setter on alternate Wednesdays and I always enjoy his clues. I made fairly steady progress through the puzzle. My favourite clue today was the splendid anagram … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,114 by BOBCAT
Entertaining stuff and not overly vicious from the Bobcat today.
Inquisitor 1753: Birdsong by eXtent
The setters this week are eXternal and Serpent in their dual manifestation as eXtent. The preamble told us that thirty consecutive clues contain an extra letter that must be removed … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,777 by Tramp
A fine puzzle…
Independent 11,123 by Knut
Our daily mental workout (in a good way) comes from Knut today.