Fifteensquared – Page 631 – Never knowingly undersolved

Financial Times 16,187 by WANDERER

Fri June 7, 2019 at 7:18 am by Turbolegs

Another fantastic puzzle from WANDERER this Friday. So many clues to like that its hard to pick a favorite.

Independent 10186 / Nimrod

Thu June 6, 2019 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Nimrod usually serves up a challenge. This one is a super deluxe version which caused me serious wordplay problems I reckon today’s puzzle is the most difficult midweek national daily … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,186 by SLEUTH

Thu June 6, 2019 at 7:01 am by loonapick

This morning’s FT challenge is brought to you by Sleuth.

Guardian 27,840 – Picaroon

Thu June 6, 2019 at 8:07 amThu June 6, 2019 at 6:35 am by Andrew

Very much a puzzle of two halves for me, with the left side taking much longer than the right. Neatly clued as always, apart from one definitional inaccuracy. Thanks to Picaroon. … Read more >>

Financial Times 16,176 by Julius

Fri June 7, 2019 at 10:36 pmThu June 6, 2019 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 25, 2019

Financial Times 16,185 by MONK

Thu June 6, 2019 at 1:57 pmWed June 5, 2019 at 11:02 am by PeeDee

Not my best effort today – I stumbled to a completed grid but some of my solutions are not clearly explained. Help would be appreciated. Thank you Monk.

Independent 10,185 by Poins

Wed June 5, 2019 at 9:35 am by John

Poins is usually in the IoS, but there are occasional weekday appearances, and we are the happier for that. This was a sound and enjoyable crossword with some very good clues.

Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.

Guardian Cryptic 27,839 by Qaos

Wed June 5, 2019 at 7:20 am by loonapick

A musical offering from Qaos.

Inquisitor 1596: Double Act by Lato

Tue June 4, 2019 at 10:00 am by HolyGhost

Lato usually packs a lot of thematic material into his puzzles. Preamble: Fifteen thematic entries are evenly divided between two categories, spelt out by corrections to single letter definition misprints in thirteen … Read more >>

Financial Times 16184 Sayang

Tue June 4, 2019 at 8:22 am by scchua

Thanks to Sayang. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1, 5 Man, perhaps, with prize book (8,6) TREASURE ISLAND : ISLAND(an example of which/perhaps is the Isle of Man) placed after(with) TREASURE(something … Read more >>

Independent 10,184 by Wire

Tue June 4, 2019 at 8:03 am by Bertandjoyce

A good Tuesday challenge from Wire today – this is his 7th Indy puzzle to date and the 2nd we have had the pleasure of blogging.

Guardian Cryptic 27,838 by Pasquale

Tue June 4, 2019 at 2:24 pmTue June 4, 2019 at 3:35 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27838.

Financial Times 16,183 by CRUX

Mon June 3, 2019 at 9:35 am by Teacow

A mixed bag from CRUX this morning in that some clues were very easy and others quite tricky indeed!

Independent 10,183 by Knut

Mon June 3, 2019 at 9:00 am by NealH

I found this a tough puzzle to get started with. There was an interesting variety of clues and you often had to break the clue down to atomic level to work out the parsing.