Fifteensquared – Page 447 – Never knowingly undersolved

Unusually, Phi is occupying the Tuesday slot this week, which probably means that there is a theme in here somewhere. This grid accommodates an unusually high number of 4-letter lights, meaning that the … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1707: Passing Thought by Nutmeg

Tue July 20, 2021 at 10:37 pmTue July 20, 2021 at 10:00 am by kenmac

Passing Thought by Nutmeg Each across clue has a single-letter misprint in its definition. Correct letters in clue order form a sequence, stripped of its first and last elements, connected with a celebrated … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,842 by NEO

Tue July 20, 2021 at 9:22 am by Grant Baynham

Reasonably testing Tuesday puzzle with some innovative parses.

Guardian 28,502 / Qaos

Tue July 20, 2021 at 10:47 amTue July 20, 2021 at 9:08 am by Eileen

A fairly straightforward puzzle from Qaos, with some nice clues, such as 16, 25 and 29ac and 2, 3 and 24dn and one new word for me at 25dn. There must be a … Read more >>

Independent 10,847 by Hoskins

Mon July 19, 2021 at 9:00 am by NealH

There was lots of lovely clues in this but I did find one or two of the definitions a bit of a stretch.

Guardian Quiptic 1131 Hectence

Mon July 19, 2021 at 8:22 amMon July 19, 2021 at 7:29 am by scchua

Thank you to Hectence. Definitions are underlined in the clues. P.S. Thanks also to Gaufrid for standing in in my absence 4 weeks ago. Across 7. Charlie’s copying Mike in holidaying under canvas … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 28,501 by Vulcan

Mon July 19, 2021 at 7:23 am by manehi

A pleasant solve with some neat clueing – favourites today were 1ac, 19ac, 25ac, and 1dn. Thanks to Vulcan for the puzzle.