May 2026 – Page 2 – Fifteensquared

FT Bank Holiday Jumbo 18,361 / Leonidas

Sat May 9, 2026 at 8:40 amSat May 9, 2026 at 12:02 am by Eileen

It’s Leonidas, one of my favourite setters, providing our first Bank Holiday Jumbo.

Guardian Prize 29996 / Fed

Sat May 9, 2026 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

The Guardian Prize crossword this week is set by Fed, who is a fairly regular Guardian setter these days. He has also set for the Independent as Bluth, but I haven’t seen his name there so far this year.

Listener 4916: What to Send by Charybdis

Sat May 9, 2026 at 4:31 pmFri May 8, 2026 at 4:00 pm by Chalicea

Congratulations to Charybdis on a 20^th Listener puzzle, spread over nearly 30 years! Themes over such a period of time reach far and wide. Last time had us looking up The Merchant of Venice. What this time, and indeed What to Send?

Special Genius

Sun May 10, 2026 at 9:17 amFri May 8, 2026 at 2:56 pm by Admin

https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2026/may/08/may-2026-bonus-genius-crossword

Financial Times 18,367 by SOLOMON

Fri May 8, 2026 at 1:05 pm by Turbolegs

Fun challenge from SOLOMON !

Independent 12,350 by Coot

Fri May 8, 2026 at 8:11 am by Bertandjoyce

We were surprised to discover that we didn’t have a Phi today. We thought there must be a good reason ……..

Guardian 30,001: Omnibus

Fri May 8, 2026 at 7:38 am by Andrew

Last time I blogged an Omnibus puzzle (speculated to be a compilation from multiple setters) I found some of the clues a bit clunky, but this one seems a lot smoother. Thanks to Omnibus.

Guardian Cryptic 30,000 by Arachne

Thu May 7, 2026 at 8:20 pmThu May 7, 2026 at 8:00 am by Kitty

The puzzle is available to solve online or download here.

Hello everyone. I hope you will forgive this impostor for bringing you the blog for a very special puzzle. When I agreed to cover for scchua I had no idea it would be number 30,000. Once I realised I felt a bit sheepish for taking this in place of one of the regular Guardian bloggers. But as it’s an Arachne I admit I don’t feel too bad!