Fifteensquared – Page 599 – Never knowingly undersolved

Financial Times 16,303 by ARMONIE

Mon October 21, 2019 at 9:48 am by Teacow

Thanks to Armonie!

Guardian 27,957 / Chifonie

Mon October 21, 2019 at 1:29 pmMon October 21, 2019 at 9:29 am by Eileen

A characteristic Monday medley from Chifonie, with really neat surfaces throughout – mostly straightforward, with one or two slight niggles, noted below. Thanks to Chifonie for easing us into the week. Definitions are … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 1,040/Carpathian

Mon October 21, 2019 at 8:49 am by Pierre

Carpathian has a tersely clued Quiptic for us, so the blog is similarly terse. Good puzzle. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram … Read more >>

Independent 10,303/Vigo

Mon October 21, 2019 at 7:30 am by Pierre

Vigo can always be relied upon to give us a well-constructed and enjoyable puzzle in the Monday slot, and this was exactly that. My only comment is that it … Read more >>

AZED 2,470 Plain

Mon October 21, 2019 at 9:32 amSun October 20, 2019 at 12:28 pm by PeeDee

What is there left to say? Thank you Azed for yet another interesting puzzle. Apologies for the late arrival of the blog, I messed up with the scheduled publish time. ACROSS 1 OLD-FOGEYISH … Read more >>

Everyman 3,809

Sun October 20, 2019 at 12:54 pmSun October 20, 2019 at 12:15 am by Quirister

Everyman’s on good form this week. A fun solve.

Independent on Sunday 1,547 by Tees

Sun October 20, 2019 at 12:25 pmSun October 20, 2019 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

I don’t get to blog Tees puzzles very often. I remembered them as being quite tricky but this was quite amenable, as is traditional for a Sunday. Thank you Tees. ACROSS 1 … Read more >>

Independent 10,302 by Dalibor (Sat 19-October)

Sat October 19, 2019 at 7:00 am by beermagnet

Dalibor first came to my attention from the crosswords produced for crossword meets over the last few years – many of them thankfully available from links from this site (hopefully some appearing in … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No. 1403: Arrival by Kcit

Sat October 19, 2019 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

A relatively small 10×10 (or, effectively, 11×11 minus 1) grid for ARRIVAL from Kcit…who is arriving where?… The preamble states that: “The puzzle marks an ARRIVAL. From one answer to a normal clue … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 27,950 by Paul

Sat October 19, 2019 at 8:58 amSat October 19, 2019 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

A cracking puzzle, I enjoyed this a lot. Thank you Paul. ACROSS 1, 5, 10, 13 A RIDDLE WRAPPED UP IN AN ENIGMA An arc, as if tan — um? This is very … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,301 / Redshank

Fri October 18, 2019 at 3:32 pm by Gaufrid

It doesn’t look like the scheduled blogger is going to turn up today so here is an analysis of the clues, with no further commentary from me other than to say that I … Read more >>

Guardian 27,955 / Puck

Fri October 18, 2019 at 6:55 pmFri October 18, 2019 at 10:00 am by Eileen

It’s always good to see Puck’s name on a puzzle but, having missed the Irish racecourses in his last one, I was perhaps a bit more nervous than usual in setting out on … Read more >>

Independent 10301 / Phi

Fri October 18, 2019 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Phi ends the working week with his regular Friday offering Phi often gives us a theme, but if there is one today, it has passed me by. The best I … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 27,954 by Paul

Thu October 17, 2019 at 8:51 am by manehi

A tricky, slow solve, with a lot of parsing done after the grid was filled – and some parsing only after the rest of the blog was finished. Favourites were 11ac for the surface, 23ac, 26/9, 5dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Paul for the challenge.