September 2025 – Page 5 – Fifteensquared

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,795 by Philistine

September 9, 2025 at 8:08 am by manehi

An enjoyable challenge – I especially liked 5ac, 10ac, 18ac, and 3dn. Thanks to Philistine for the puzzle

Financial Times 18,156 by PETO

September 9, 2025 at 2:46 am by Cineraria

I was sailing through today’s puzzle from Peto when I hit a brick wall of noncomprehension on the last four clues, which took me as long to solve and parse as all the rest put together. I think I have successfully explained everything in the end.

Financial Times 18,155 by BOBCAT

September 8, 2025 at 1:08 pm by Teacow

BOBCAT kicks off the week…

Independent 12,142 by Major

September 8, 2025 at 9:00 am by NealH

I've not seen this compiler before but I found this an intriguing puzzle with quite a lot of tough wordplay.

Guardian 29,794 – Vulcan

September 8, 2025 at 7:40 am by Andrew

For some reason I found this a bit trickier than usual for this setter, but it all came out in the end. Thanks to Vulcan

Financial Times 18,154 by Neo

September 8, 2025 at 12:00 am by Pete Maclean

Puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 6, 2025

Independent on Sunday 1,854 by Filbert

September 7, 2025 at 9:14 am by Kitty

The puzzle is available to solve online or download here.

Guardian Quiptic 1,346 by Chandler

September 7, 2025 at 8:41 am by scchua

Thank you to Chandler. Definitions are underlined in the definitions.

Financial Times Sunday 109 – World by Sleuth

September 7, 2025 at 7:44 am by Widdersbel

As usual, the first Sunday of the month brings us the FT’s geographically themed puzzle. Find it to solve online or download and print at ft.com/crossword

Gemelo 7

September 7, 2025 at 12:05 am by Andrew

Gemelo seems to be settling nicely into the Sunday slot. His puzzles have a bit of a different feel to Azed’s (in a way that’s hard to put my finger on) but are enjoyable and well constructed nonetheless, so thanks to him for this one.