Puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 24, 2024
Financial Times 17,829 by SOLOMON
A solid challenge from SOLOMON this Friday
Independent 11,822 by Phi
Phiday comes around again…..
Guardian Cryptic 29,475 by Brummie
The puzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29475.
Guardian 29,474 / Picaroon
I don’t think it’s too much of a spoiler to say that Picaroon has served up a decidedly fishy offering for us today. Our setter seems to have eased back somewhat on the … Read more >>
Independent 11,821 / Wire
Wire has supplied this week’s Thursday puzzle. I found this to be a pleasurable, medium-difficulty puzzle through which I made steady progress. I think that I have managed to parse everything successfully, but … Read more >>
FT 17,828 by Zamorca
A typical Zamorca puzzle…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1656: Transfiguration by Kcit
Hello, and welcome to a Kitty-Kcit blog.
Guardian Cryptic 29,473 by Brockwell
A tricky solve…
Financial Times 17,827 by MONK
Thanks to Monk for this morning’s puzzle.
Independent 11820 / Eccles
Every second Wednesday Eccles comes along with a crossword free of themes and special cluing devices that offers a calm period of solving a well constructed puzzle. Having said that, … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1869: 16 say by Xanthippe
Xanthippe appears on fifteensquiared as a setter of Inquisitor and Enigmatic Variations (EV) puzzles. He/she features about once a year alternating between Inquisitors and EVs – although the cycle has been once every … Read more >>
Independent 11,819 by Kairos
I had the pleasure of blogging a Kairos puzzle last month, so it’s nice to meet him again.
Guardian 29,472 – Anto
Some nice clues here – I liked the appropriate anagram in 9a – but also some niggles, as noted below. Thanks to Anto for the puzzle. Across 1 BED HOPPER Spooner’s accused … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,826 by NEO
After breezing through half this puzzle, I needed to engage with a bit more attention to work out the other half, with Neo offering several truly ingenious clues, with quite a few witty surfaces.