Fifteensquared – Page 7 – Never knowingly undersolved

This is the first Gemelo “special” that calls upon the solver to manipulate the solutions in some unconventional fashion. The puzzle opens with these instructions:

Everyman 4,135

Sun January 25, 2026 at 3:40 amSun January 25, 2026 at 12:01 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://observer.co.uk/puzzles/everyman/article/everyman-no-4135 in the interactive form, or at https://cdn.slowdownwiseup.co.uk/media/documents/obs.everyman.20260118.pdf as a pdf.

Guardian Quick Cryptic 95 by Ludwig

Sat January 24, 2026 at 8:52 am by Shanne

This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here

Independent 12,261 by Umpire

Sat January 24, 2026 at 2:25 pmSat January 24, 2026 at 8:15 am by Bertandjoyce

We had the pleasure of blogging the last Umpire puzzle in November which featured eight ‘queens’.

Guardian Prize Prize crossword No 29,906 by Imogen

Sat January 24, 2026 at 5:29 amSat January 24, 2026 at 12:01 am by bridgesong

Imogen provides this week’s prize puzzle.

Listener Crossword 4901: First and Second by Ifor

Fri January 23, 2026 at 4:00 pm by Chalicea

With Christmas Dinner still in our tummies, here is Ifor to serve up another special meal for us. Firsts and Seconds – but what happened to the pudding? Taste and see

Independent 12,260 by Phi

Fri January 23, 2026 at 9:00 am by Quirister

Phi in his usual Friday slot.

Enigmatic Variations 1729 Design classic by Pandiculator

Sun January 25, 2026 at 5:40 pmFri January 23, 2026 at 8:39 am by twencelas

A misprint in each clue, four empty cells, an unclued entry and then some artistic rendering. Apologies for the delay in posting – Thursday had it’s moments is all I’ll say. Some tricky … Read more >>

Guardian 29,911 – Omnibus

Fri January 23, 2026 at 7:15 am by Andrew

Another puzzle from the mysterious Omnibus, which is speculated to represent a collaboration of setters. I’m afraid I wasn’t too impressed by this one: there are some quite amateurish and inaccurate clues here. Still, thanks to Omnibus.