Never knowingly undersolved
This is my last post of the year and my 700th post overall for Fifteensquared. I found it hard! I spent a lot more time stuck than usual, several times I was left … Read more >>
Three blogs in a row for me with Hob as the setter. Takes my mind off the fallout from the election. A very pleasant (reasonably gentle I would say) pre-Christmas puzzle. Elegant surfaces, … Read more >>
Hello! As this is my last blog before a certain festival (and of the year), I would like to wish you all the very best for the season and for the year ahead. … Read more >>
A puzzle with a theme so obvious I shall be astonished if anyone claims to have missed it.
Phi is occupying his customary Friday slot on what is doubtless his last appearance before Christmas (hint, hint). I found this to be an easier-than-usual Phi puzzle, and I think that I have … Read more >>
A pleasant challenge from MUDD today. Thanks Mudd.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28009. This took me a little longer than many of Paul’s puzzles. There was no doubt about the intent of the signature 20,12, but the ingenuity elsewhere … Read more >>
A characteristically ingenious and witty puzzle from Philistine, which, as usual, I thoroughly enjoyed. Many thanks to him. There is an unfortunate and inexplicable error in the enumeration of 5,23,15, which should be … Read more >>
Punk gives us plenty to think about today. I found this one of the tougher examples of an Independent crossword, but I got there in the end. There were some … Read more >>
Neo provides a straightforward puzzle in today’s FT.
Sorry the post is so late. Christmas stuff has thrown my routine and I forgot what day it was. I solved and blogged this in a big rush, hopefully I have most of … Read more >>
A good medium-difficulty crossword from Alchemi today. There was a bit too much cross-referencing for my tastes (it always irritates me because one is slow to get started, several clues being effectively closed … Read more >>
Tough, fun, and neatly clued as ever from Vlad. Favourites 1ac, 9ac, 12ac, and 4dn.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 7, 2019
Ah, Chalicea – known for easier puzzles and lengthy quotations along the diagonals … Preamble: Extra letters produced by the wordplay of every clue give an instruction to solvers. The Oxford Dictionary of … Read more >>