Fifteensquared – Page 613 – Never knowingly undersolved

Azed 2462

Sun August 25, 2019 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

A standard puzzle from Azed this week There aren’t many words beginning PC and we had one of the few at 1 across. Perhaps not surprisingly, that wasn’t my first … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1,539 by Dill

Wed August 28, 2019 at 3:00 pmSun August 25, 2019 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

A nicely varied mix. Thank you Dill.

Independent 10,254 by Tyrus

Sat August 24, 2019 at 8:54 am by Bertandjoyce

We hope we weren’t the only ones to find this very tough. At one point we were quite worried that we would not be able to provide a comprehensive blog. We ended up completing the bottom half first, hoping that this would open up the top half which only had 9ac, 10ac & 11ac written in.

Enigmatic Variations No. 1395: Differences by Dysart

Sat August 24, 2019 at 8:22 amSat August 24, 2019 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

This was nearly a DNF (did not finish) for me – in fact it still may be – and it was certainly an MSD (missed submission deadline), as I didn’t crack the final … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 27,902 by Vlad

Sat August 24, 2019 at 9:36 amSat August 24, 2019 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

This was one of those where I guessed most of the solutions from the definitions and then figured out the parsing later. Thank you Vlad.

Independent 10253 / Phi

Fri August 23, 2019 at 9:39 amFri August 23, 2019 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

This is the third Phi in a row on Fridays, so perhaps he is back to his normal weekly position. after a few weeks of random / thematic days for his puzzles … Read more >>

Guardian 27,907 – Picaroon

Fri August 23, 2019 at 6:33 am by Andrew

I’m usually a big fan of Picaroon’s, but I didn’t think this was one of his best. There are some nice clues, of course, but also a couple of slightly dubious definitions. Still, … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,253 by BRADMAN

Fri August 23, 2019 at 1:03 am by Turbolegs

A pretty simple challenge from BRADMAN today, without much fuss at all in the solve. I have a query on one clue which I have noted in the blog.

Guardian Cryptic 27906 Paul

Thu August 22, 2019 at 12:20 pmThu August 22, 2019 at 10:53 am by scchua

Thanks to Paul for a difficult one, due to the number of British politicians to be recalled. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Warmer on entering flat in south-central England? (9) … Read more >>

Independent 10,252 by Serpent

Sat August 24, 2019 at 7:49 pmThu August 22, 2019 at 10:00 am by John

My goodness that was hard work. My time was off the scale and it would be embarrassing to reveal it. But the crossword was all good — indeed very good — and I got there in the end, not at the time being able to parse 7dn but coping with it later. All the clues are sound (so far as I can see) and there are some very clever devices used.

Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.