Fifteensquared – Page 263 – Never knowingly undersolved

Guardian Cryptic 29,145 by Imogen

Thu August 10, 2023 at 6:38 pmThu August 10, 2023 at 2:55 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29145.

Independent 11,490 / Filbert

Wed August 9, 2023 at 9:58 am by RatkojaRiku

Filbert is occupying this week’s Wednesday slot, which I am not that used to finding him in. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, pitched at the right level for a mid-week … Read more >>

RIP Mike Holmans

Sat June 8, 2024 at 3:07 pmWed August 9, 2023 at 9:11 am by Admin

RIP Mike Holmans I heard today that Mike (Alchemi, Hemical, Chalmie) died yesterday. More details as and when.

Guardian Cryptic 29,144 by Brendan

Wed August 9, 2023 at 10:40 amWed August 9, 2023 at 8:51 am by manehi

Thanks Brendan – I really enjoyed this…

Financial Times 17,490 by JULIUS

Wed August 9, 2023 at 7:50 am by Oriel

A lovely start to the day from Julius.

Inquisitor 1814: Tailors by Kirsanov

Tue August 8, 2023 at 10:00 am by kenmac

Tailors by Kirsanov Fourteen clues contain a consecutive pair of extra letters, which must be removed before solving, always leaving real words. In clue order, these letters spell the name of an author … Read more >>

Guardian 29,143 – Brummie

Tue August 8, 2023 at 9:50 amTue August 8, 2023 at 8:44 am by Andrew

I made a bit of a slow start on this, but once a few answers were in the rest mostly fell satisfyingly into place. Thanks to Brummie. I noticed while solving that a … Read more >>

Independent 11489 / Grecian

Tue August 8, 2023 at 7:25 am by duncanshiell

Puzzles by Grecian tend to appear once a month in the Independent series at the moment. I note that I have blogged the last three Grecian puzzles in May, June … Read more >>

Financial Times 17,489 by FALCON

Tue August 8, 2023 at 7:59 amTue August 8, 2023 at 1:41 am by Cineraria

Some nice surprises in today’s Falcon puzzle

Financial Times 17,488 by NEO

Mon August 7, 2023 at 10:01 am by Teacow

NEO kicks things off this week…

Guardian Quiptic 1,238/Hectence

Mon August 7, 2023 at 9:54 am by Pierre

A pleasing Quiptic as always from Hectence, with some delightful surface readings. A few straightforward anagrams to start the grid fill, then mainly a diet of cleverly constructed charades for the solver to … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 29,142 by Nutmeg and Arachne

Mon August 7, 2023 at 7:36 am by loonapick

A rare collaboration in today's Guardian

Independent 11,488/Hippogryph

Mon August 7, 2023 at 7:30 am by Pierre

Hippogryph is a regular but not particularly frequent setter of Indy puzzles. This is the first time one of his offerings has come up on my watch, and I enjoyed solving and blogging … Read more >>

Financial Times Sunday No.12 – World by Gozo

Wed January 21, 2026 at 10:09 pmSun August 6, 2023 at 10:38 am by Widdersbel

Another highly enjoyable geographically themed puzzle in the FT’s Sunday series. Find it on the FT website to print or solve interactively, or use the FT’s smartphone app.