October 2022 – Page 4 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times 17,229 by AARDVARK

Wed October 19, 2022 at 7:39 am by Oriel

Thanks to Aardvark for this morning’s challenge.

Guardian Cryptic 28,892 by Picaroon

Wed October 19, 2022 at 3:21 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28892.

Azed No. 2,626 Plain

Tue October 18, 2022 at 2:06 pmTue October 18, 2022 at 1:27 pm by bridgesong

An eclectic selection of words in this week’s puzzle.

Inquisitor 1772: Front Line by Ifor

Tue October 18, 2022 at 10:00 am by HolyGhost

Ifor has now crept into fourth place in the count of Inquisitor crosswords set. Preamble: All across clues contain an extra word, to be removed before solving. The second or penultimate letters … Read more >>

Guardian 28,891 / Pangakupu

Tue October 18, 2022 at 8:37 pmTue October 18, 2022 at 8:59 am by Eileen

I have looked forward to Pangakupu’s next puzzle, having blogged his / her last one and this one did not disappoint. I had ticks for 8ac SKATE ON THIN ICE for the anagram … Read more >>

Independent 11,237 by Kairos

Tue October 18, 2022 at 8:14 am by Bertandjoyce

Kairos fills the Tuesday slot this week.

Financial Times 17228 Leonidas

Tue October 18, 2022 at 2:56 pmTue October 18, 2022 at 8:03 am by scchua

Thank you to Leonidas. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Coat barrel stuffed with rolled leaves (7) CASSOCK : CASK(a barrel/cylindrical container bulging out in the middle) containing(stuffed with) reversal of(rolled) … Read more >>

Financial Times 17,227 by SLORMGORM

Mon October 17, 2022 at 2:25 pm by Teacow

SLORMGORM kicks things off this week…

Guardian Quiptic 1,196/Matilda

Mon October 17, 2022 at 9:21 amMon October 17, 2022 at 8:05 am by Pierre

A bright and breezy – and thoroughly approachable – Quiptic from Matilda this week. I wouldn’t be surprised if this fell into the ‘first Quiptic I have solved unaided’ category for someone, somewhere. … Read more >>

Independent 11,236/Gila

Mon October 17, 2022 at 7:25 am by Pierre

A fine Monday offering from Gila to start the Indy crossword week. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 28,890 by Carpathian

Mon October 17, 2022 at 1:19 am by manehi

A nice start to the week, with favourites 9ac, 10ac, 7dn, 16dn, 17dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Carpathian for the puzzle

Cyclops 738 – Accursed Assets

Mon October 17, 2022 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

Cyclops is on good form this week – and doesn’t seem to have been overtaken by the fast-moving events of the last week or so…

Independent on Sunday 1,703 by Hypnos

Sun October 16, 2022 at 1:24 am by flashling

Hypnos provides us with the Sunday fun, in 13 years this only the third time I’ve blogged his work.

Everyman 3,965

Sun October 16, 2022 at 11:49 amSun October 16, 2022 at 12:31 am by John

Everyman sets him/herself several tasks over and above those of the usual setter of a cryptic: the self-referential clue, the first letters clue, the rhyming answers (like BAKEWELL TART and CROSS MY HEART) and no doubt others and almost always does pretty well at this. The standard of the actual clues is the main thing, and they are sound so far as I can see. One or two of the surfaces are a bit lame, though — for example ‘nag a swimmer’ — what does that mean beyond the obvious?

Definitions underlined, in crimson. Indicators (anagrams, homophones, reversal, hidden, etc.) in italics. Link-words in green. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*