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Bertandjoyce

There was a tradition in both our families of solving Telegraph concise and cryptic crosswords. During our student days we moved on to the Observer. When we could afford a daily, we enjoyed the Guardian cryptics until the Indy arrived on the scene. Nowadays, Saturdays are not complete without the Inquisitor in the i paper. We never time ourselves but we do feel cheated if we finish quickly and really enjoy seeking out themes and ninas etc. We are now retired and when time allows, we supplement the daily Indy solve with the on-line Guardian cryptic, Genius and the occasional Quiptic. Finding fifteensquared was a revelation – we realised we are not alone in our attempts to stave off Alzheimer’s!

Independent 10,384 by Phi

Fri January 24, 2020 at 9:24 amFri January 24, 2020 at 8:10 am by Bertandjoyce

Phi is back to his usual day this week after a brief excursion to the weekend last Saturday The first thing we noticed about the puzzle was the large square in the middle, … Read more >>

Categories Independent 4 Comments

Independent 10,375 by Knut

Tue January 14, 2020 at 8:05 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s Tuesday – theme day – and a Knut to blog – what more could we ask for? Answer – nothing! A really enjoyable solve with a theme that revealed itself gently as … Read more >>

Categories Independent 21 Comments

Independent 10,373 by Klingsor

Sat January 11, 2020 at 12:17 pmSat January 11, 2020 at 8:18 am by Bertandjoyce

An enjoyable Saturday solve from Klingsor today. The SE corner held us up for a bit but once we had solved the clues, we wondered why we’d had a problem. Our favourite clue … Read more >>

Categories Independent 8 Comments

Independent 10,370 by Tees

Wed January 8, 2020 at 7:56 am by Bertandjoyce

A TEES puzzle today to tease our senses. There were three idioms within the final grid today, two of which contained long anagrams which we enjoyed ‘teesing’ out. We had to check one … Read more >>

Categories Independent 7 Comments

Guardian Genius 198 by Picaroon

Sun January 5, 2020 at 12:01 am by Bertandjoyce

Instructions Crossing solutions to the clues clash in eight of the squares. The correct letters to enter in the puzzle spell out, in grid order top to bottom, a name connected with the … Read more >>

Categories Guardian Genius 9 Comments

Independent 10,365 by Monk

Thu January 2, 2020 at 8:12 am by Bertandjoyce

Happy New Year to all at fifteensquared!

It’s been almost 6 months since we last blogged a Monk puzzle, so we were delighted to find one of his puzzles as our first blog of the new decade.

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Categories Independent 16 Comments

Independent 10,360 by Phi

Fri December 27, 2019 at 8:04 am by Bertandjoyce

The festivities are over and we have a Phi to amuse us at the end of this week. When 12ac went in we did wonder about a cricket theme but cannot find any … Read more >>

Categories Independent 6 Comments

Independent 10,352 by Loglady

Tue December 17, 2019 at 8:04 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s Loglady today. It’s also Tuesday and Loglady has given us a themed puzzle based around TEXTILE (9ac). There were a few that needed some checking and we both hold opposite views on … Read more >>

Categories Independent 6 Comments

Independent 10,347 by Eccles

Wed December 11, 2019 at 8:05 am by Bertandjoyce

Eccles seems to have become a worthy replacement for Dac’s former role as our regular midweek setter As usual, this was a really enjoyable solve – no unusual words, and consistently good clueing, … Read more >>

Categories Independent 12 Comments

Independent 10,344 by Klingsor

Sat December 7, 2019 at 8:07 am by Bertandjoyce

An enjoyable solve today with a couple of definitions which needed checking. There were a couple which had us scratching our head due to clever misdirections until we suddenly realised that A = … Read more >>

Categories Independent 7 Comments

Independent 10,342 by Serpent

Thu December 5, 2019 at 8:03 am by Bertandjoyce

Serpent fills the Thursday spot this week. Overall, we found much of this rather less challenging than we have come to expect from Serpent, but one or two clues did cause some head-scratching … Read more >>

Categories Independent 6 Comments

Independent 10,337 by Phi

Fri November 29, 2019 at 9:10 amFri November 29, 2019 at 8:03 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s Phi-day again! We found this a bit tougher than average for a Phi, but it all came together in the end. We are however slightly puzzled by 24d. We have looked for … Read more >>

Categories Independent 4 Comments

Independent 10,328 by Crosophile

Tue November 19, 2019 at 8:10 am by Bertandjoyce

It’s Joyce this week – solving and blogging the puzzle on her own while Bert is trekking in Nepal. It’s been a very strange experience as we always solve and blog puzzles together. … Read more >>

Categories Independent 9 Comments

Independent 10,323 by Eccles

Wed November 13, 2019 at 8:05 am by Bertandjoyce

Another fun puzzle to start the day – we always know that we will have some great wordplay in an Eccles puzzle. Eccles seems to be have been given a regular Wednesday slot … Read more >>

Categories Independent 10 Comments

Independent 10,318 by Loglady

Thu November 7, 2019 at 8:06 am by Bertandjoyce

We’ve enjoyed Loglady’s previous puzzles, several of which were in the Independent on Sunday, but we haven’t had the pleasure of blogging a Loglady puzzle before, so this was an interesting first for … Read more >>

Categories Independent 6 Comments
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