A test area for 15squared
A fun challenge – my favourites were 4ac, 9ac, 15ac, and 4dn. Thanks to Qaos… …there is a theme around SPINAL TAP, …
A long complex rubric with a coda by the editor. The solutions to both grids are identical except for the three pairs …
Pasquale in gentle mood today, with almost no obscurities (for me, anyway: others may disagree). Mostly very straightforward clueing, with a couple …
A good Tuesday challenge with wit and some ingenuity. Some head-scratching required but nothing to complain of and some quiet chuckles as …
Skinny provides the Tuesday challenge. Ah! I thought; this grid will have a message round the outside. Wrong! There …
Super challenge from Basilisk. Took me longer than usual to get through this puzzle – a good thing in my book! I …
As always, a sound and pleasing Quiptic from Pan. I have given full explanations for those still a little mystified by cryptic …
Another very witty puzzle from Bluth, who first appeared as an Independent setter a few months ago and seems to have settled …
The commenters on the Guardian website seem to like this one, so who am I to argue? I’ll be frank. This was …
It had to happen sometime – I have finally solved one of these in one pass. It took about half hour – …
The Observer crossword from July 5, 2020 A nice crossword, perhaps a bit chewier than usual for an Everyman? Of course, we …
Tees has become a regular IoS setter recently. I found this more tricky than many a Tees puzzle, but that could just …
A misprint puzzle from Azed that I have completed, but not fully parsed. I solved this puzzle over four sittings, and have …
An enjoyable puzzle from Dalibor today, with a few ‘might-have-been-topical’ clues?…(if it hadn’t have been for those pesky Covids…)…and some suspicious looking ‘unches’ around the perimeter…
Quite a cryptic preamble this week – clues are normal and then a number of extracts to be found – works by …