Ifor specialises in setting barred crosswords. Fifteensquared has blogs about his crosswords in all of the Inquisitor, Enigmatic Variations and Listener series. Today’s puzzle is his 52nd Inquisitor crossword since his debut in January 2011.
Month: May 2025
Independent 12,035 by Lette
I believe this is the third Independent puzzle from Lette, whose first was in January.
Cryptic crossword No 29,687 by Pasquale
A gentle offering from Pasquale this morning.
Financial Times 18,046 by GURNEY
I enjoyed today’s challenge from Gurney . . .
flashling: from blogwork to barwork and beyond
I received the following information from Balfour (a regular commenter)
Financial Times 18,045 by PETO
PETO kicks off the week…
Independent 12,034 by Mog
Yet again, my failure to check that the utilities site had the right puzzle meant I originally blogged an IOS puzzle from long ago. Apologies for that.
Cryptic crossword No 29,686 by Vulcan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29686.
Financial Times 18,043 by Julius
Jumbo from the Weekend FT of May 3, 2025
Financial Times 18,044 by Pedrock
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 4, 2025
Financial Times Sunday 91 – World by Gozo
More geographical crossword fun from the FT. Find it to solve online at ft.com/crossword
Quiptic 1,328 by Carpathian
The only cryptic Sunday offering from the Guardian after the Observer split is here …
Azed 2758
A new proprietor, a new interactive interface, but the same reliable Azed. It feels as if there are fewer familiar words than usual, but despite that I managed to fill the grid fairly quickly. On the other hand, some of the parsing was a bit tricky, with 32 down proving elusive until the 11th hour. Thanks to Azed for the puzzle, and best wishes to those attending the lunch in Oxford today yesterday, which I’m I was sadly unable to attend on this occasion.
Everyman 4,097/27 April
New owner, same crossword, same setter … a big day for The Observer, but what looks like for now the same Everyman crossword that has been in the paper for the last 80 years, compiled by a number of setters but always intended as a tractable Sunday cryptic. Who knows if things will change, but for now let’s see what this week’s puzzle had to offer.
Independent on Sunday 1836 Filbert
Thank you Filbert. Definitions are underlined in the clues.