Fifteensquared – Page 718 – Never knowingly undersolved

AZED 2,398

Sun June 3, 2018 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

Some delightful new words here, both in the clues and solutions.

Independent 9871 by Nimrod (Saturday Puzzle 2 June 2018)

Tue June 5, 2018 at 1:28 pmSat June 2, 2018 at 10:00 am by mc_rapper67

Ouch! My brain has only just recovered from the pummelling it received from Enigmatist/Nimrod’s recent Grauniad Genius, so to get a Saturday Indy from him as well could inflict further neural damage… …and … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No. 1331: Alternative to a Beer by Charybdis

Sat June 2, 2018 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

Is there such a thing as an ALTERNATIVE TO A BEER? Shurely just shomething to precede/follow/accompany/complement?… The preamble states that: “In ALTERNATIVE TO A BEER?, a theme word (4) must be written below … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 27,519 by Paul

Sun June 3, 2018 at 9:42 amSat June 2, 2018 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

Great fun! Thank you Paul.

Financial Times 15,873 by BRADMAN

Fri June 1, 2018 at 2:09 pm by Turbolegs

Apologies for the late blog and the short write up. Busy day today and I just managed to get to the puzzle. Thanks Bradman.

Independent 9870 / Phi

Fri June 1, 2018 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

My four week blogging cycle begins as ever with a Phi puzzle. A hidden entry reversed across four separate words stood out for me in the blog today – OBSIDIAN at … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 27,524 by Qaos

Fri June 1, 2018 at 9:24 amFri June 1, 2018 at 3:14 am by Teacow

We feel privileged to be doing the Friday Guardian and what a fun one too!

Independent 9,869 by Morph

Fri June 1, 2018 at 9:53 pmThu May 31, 2018 at 9:33 am by John

Some very good clues here. I wasn’t sitting in my usual place in peace and quiet when trying to solve this, and made poor progress with it. Only when I came home did it fall, and even then I had to ‘cheat’ once or twice. So it’s difficult, or perhaps it’s just me.

Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.