Never knowingly undersolved
The usual elegant puzzle from Aardvark. Thank you. My apologies for the late arrival of the blog. Every day seems the same at the moment. ACROSS 1 PEEWEE Singer having consecutive number ones? … Read more >>
Eccles gives another smoothly clued crossword As is usual with Eccles, the grid was full of everyday words. Perhaps only NEPENTHE and NEEPS could be queried as slightly unusual. I … Read more >>
I found this quite easy by Imogen’s standards, with the two long downs going in quickly and providing lots of helpful letters. A few slight obscurities, but all helpfully clued. No theme that … Read more >>
Eclogue provides the fun this week. Eclogue sets Inquisitor puzzles two or three times a year. The previous puzzle had us drawing a drunkard’s route along a rolling English road. … Read more >>
Very fast solve with some very slow parsings. Almost a write-in, but the fun began after that. I'm still not convinced I have 11 across bang to rights. Help welcome. Thanks to Peto … Read more >>
A themed puzzle from Tramp in this morning’s Guardian, which can be found here.
What a high-class crossword: smooth surfaces which all fit together well and plenty of original and excellent clues. I found that often I was sure what the answer was but couldn’t explain it … Read more >>
There has been a problem on our hosting company’s server since early yesterday evening which was making access to the site, and to the admin area, difficult to say the least (most of … Read more >>
(Apologies for late posting: there have been some issues with Fifteensquared’s website hosting today.) As usual, Hectence gets the level just right for a Quiptic, and many of the clues are good examples … Read more >>
A few technical problems today! An enjoyable solve. 10a was new to me. 15d and 3d were favourites. Thanks VELIA! ACROSS 1 A little pressure from speaker; a bill immediately rejected … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28130. There are some good clues here, but some inadequate, which gives me the feeling that I am not missing too much even in the clues that … Read more >>
A reasonably straightforward puzzle, though with a few rather tricky constructions that took some working out. There’s only one really obscure word, at 14a, where the wordplay is clear enough to allow the … Read more >>
My fellow blogger Quirister described last week’s Everyman as ‘quirky’. I think that’s not far off the mark for this one too. Whether you are a fan of such quirkiness is, I suppose, … Read more >>
The last (plain) puzzle before the milestone, which should be published today if all goes well.
Thanks Tees for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 Subcontract abroad before spring (9) OUTSOURCE : OUT(abroad/out of the country) plus(before) SOURCE(a spring/a place, person, or thing from … Read more >>