Fifteensquared – Page 29 – Never knowingly undersolved

Inquisitor index: 2026

Tue April 7, 2026 at 7:23 pmThu January 1, 2026 at 1:23 am by HolyGhost

Puzzles 1941 –

Enigmatic Variations No.1726 – Gripping Yarns by Luxor

Thu January 1, 2026 at 12:01 am by Mister Sting

“Two clues are provided for each of the shaded rows. Solvers must reorder the letters of their answers to give two creatures which might feature in GRIPPING YARNS. These are to be entered consecutively. Solvers must highlight a three-word phrase (13 cells in a straight line) describing the overall theme. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,891 by Maskarade

Wed December 31, 2025 at 9:41 am by manehi

Thanks to Maskarade for the puzzle, with nice clues and a very helpful grid. Happy New Year, all.

Independent 12,240 by Bluth

Wed December 31, 2025 at 11:23 amWed December 31, 2025 at 8:09 am by Bertandjoyce

That was fun!

Financial Times 18,255 by GOLIATH

Wed December 31, 2025 at 7:49 am by Oriel

Great fun from Goliath.

Independent 12,239 / Kairos

Tue December 30, 2025 at 5:35 pm by RatkojaRiku

Today sees me posting my last blog of 2025 rather later than expected, but here it is. This Tuesday sees the latest puzzle by Kairos, whose work I have rarely blogged as it has tended to appear at the beginning of the week.

Inquisitor 1939: Close Quarters by Vagans

Tue December 30, 2025 at 10:00 am by Bertandjoyce

Yes, it’s us again blogging as Ken is in hospital – hope that things are steadily improving Ken and that you are able to ‘hop about’ OK.

Guardian 29,890 – Ramsay

Tue December 30, 2025 at 8:31 am by Andrew

A new setter, I believe, to (almost) end the year on (1 across is appropriate). It took me a while to get on the right wavelength, and there were a few clues where I got the answer from the definition but struggled to parse the wordplay. There were some easier clues too, with some helpful anagrams, so a very promising debut.

Thanks and welcome to Ramsay

Financial Times 18,254 by GURNEY

Tue December 30, 2025 at 7:15 amTue December 30, 2025 at 2:33 am by Cineraria

Some interesting long solutions today from Gurney.

MyCrossword Featured crossword No 1 by PostMark

Mon December 29, 2025 at 10:24 am by simonbyc

As a debutant blogger I’m honoured to be writing up the first MyCrossword Featured puzzle, which can be found here: https://mycrossword.co.uk/featured/1