Fifteensquared – Page 33 – Never knowingly undersolved

scchua, the schedule blogger for today’s puzzle is unavailable, so I am substituting. Whenever I stand in for a Guardian blogger, I am always a bit nervous about which setter I am going to be faced with. Today, my nerves increased a bit when I saw the setter was Paul.

Private Eye (Cyclops / 819) Redacted redacted

Wed December 17, 2025 at 1:38 pmWed December 17, 2025 at 1:00 pm by beermagnet

I normally make a headline for the Eye blog using a couple of the answers from the puzzle but I have redacted them this time.
Not because they are tremendously rude – it’s an Eye puzzle so anything may appear – but because some of you reading this might not have tackled the puzzle yet. You might not have realised the current issue very unusually is only for 1 week instead of the usual fortnight.

If so, go away and try this puzzle before coming back here. Link https://www.private-eye.co.uk/crossword

Financial Times 18,241 by IO

Wed December 17, 2025 at 8:51 am by loonapick

A head-scratcher from Io this morning.

Coming today … MyCrossword Featured Puzzle

Mon December 29, 2025 at 5:56 pmWed December 17, 2025 at 7:53 am by Admin

I’ve been liaising with those nice people at https://mycrossword.co.uk

Independent 12228 / Crosophile

Wed December 17, 2025 at 7:25 am by duncanshiell

Regular Independent setters are not in their usual place this week, so we have a Crosophile puzzle this Wednesday.

Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,880 by Imogen

Mon December 22, 2025 at 1:42 amWed December 17, 2025 at 3:21 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29880.

Inquisitor 1937: Made in Britain by Encota

Tue December 16, 2025 at 10:00 am by duncanshiell

Today’s blog explains a puzzle by Encota, who is a setter who has appeared in the Inquisitor five times previously, dating back to September 2017. All the puzzles have had completely different themes, so it will be interesting to see what we have this week.