Never knowingly undersolved
Punk sets the first Tuesday Independent of 2018 The theme is defined by the gateway entry at 22 across – UNDERGROUND. There were nine London UNDERGROUND stations in the grid. … Read more >>
A very pleasant and gentle start to the year – favourites were 1dn and 8dn. Thanks to Chifonie, and Happy New Year to all.
Bonne Année et Bonne Santé! There, that’s my allocation of exclamation marks for 2018 used up. Now onto the first Quiptic of 2018 (or is it?) This puzzle appears on the Guardian … Read more >>
It is not often that you get clue numbers over 40 in a 15×15 blocked grid so something must be going on. It certainly is! Simply a-Maize-ing, the Indy brings in the New … Read more >>
Puzzles 1524 – 1575
Twelve months have passed and again we come to the end of another year so it is time for me to offer my thanks to everyone on the Fifteensquared team for the sterling … Read more >>
A real treat this week for the many fans of Everyman [that includes me].
Not just this ‘regular’ crossword – which was as ever safe and sound – but a delightful Jumbo as a generous extra.
So farewell, then, 2017 … as E J Thribb would say. And on the last day of the year, Morph is saying farewell to a number of people who died … Read more >>
Well this came as a bit of a surprise, I wasn’t expecting a jumbo today. It’s just as well that I have plenty of time to spare having got all the household chores … Read more >>
The Instructions: In each clue the wordplay indicates an extra letter, not required for its solution. These extras letters in clue order spell out an instruction as to how a number of solutions … Read more >>
Another no-show by the scheduled blogger so another simple analysis of the clues, with no commentary due to time constraints. Sorry! . Across 8 Foul shot’s over line, tennis officials maintained – one … Read more >>
Sixteen additional words in clues to be removed and 10 answers requiring treatment before grid entry. But no clue as to that treatment until the 16 are found and their first or last … Read more >>
Linking Themes I’m reliably informed that, due to popular demand, Base is planning a second Inquisitor contribution themed around the TV quiz show Only Connect (see IQ1460: PW RBS). That will be wonderful … Read more >>
9An excellent puzzle from Redshank to round up my 2017 blogging efforts. I did this in a hurry so please excuse the brevity. Thanks to Geoff for the help where required. Would have loved to do more justice to this crossword.
Phi’s back to Phiday this week! At first sight, we couldn’t find a theme or nina, but then Joyce noticed that Phi’s challenge in this puzzle was to mirror … Read more >>