#224: Petit Fours
Hi all! An ordinary 15x15 grid for you all this week (except that every clue has exactly four words in it)—good luck! (parses) Thanks to Liari and MP for testing.
Archives
2025
- #316: Gold Rings
- #315: Mystery Meat
- #314: One (or Two)
- #313: Naff Coffee
- #312: Clash of Titans
- #311: Monopoly Money
- #310: Memory Foam
- #309: Rudolf the Red
- #308: Draw Strings
- #307: Gyre and Gimble
- #306: Batmobile
- #305: Play Possum
- #304: Free Port
- #303: Butterfly Knives
- #302: Nature Red
- #301: Micro Nation
- #300: Foreign Exchange
- #299: Viking Longship
- #298: Doggy Paddle
- #297: Rank Hypocrisy
- #296: Full Tilt
- #295: And Be Merry
- #294: Window Dressing
- #293: Icarus Falls
- #292: Temple of Doom
- #291: Gangster Money
- #290: Ring Fences
- #289: Pirate Port
- #288: Yorkshire Unions
- #287: Sharp Shooters
- #286: Root Beer
- #285: Slippery Creatures
- #284: Banana Doughnut
- #283: Pony Express
- #282: Rock Star
- #281: Troy Ounces
- #280: Panic Stations
- #279: Scare Tactics
- #278: Show Stopper
- #277: Revolting Rhymes
- #276: Pew Pew
- OUTTAKE 29: General Knowledge 14 "Arm Wrestle"
- #275: Green Ink
- #274: Ghost Train
- #273: Tower Hamlets
- #272: Amazing Grace
- #271: Murphy's Law
- #270: Spy Network
- #269: Foreign Aid
- #268: Awfully Funny
- #267: Running Late
- #266: Comic Sans
- #265: Strong Liquor
2024
- #264: Man Crush
- #263: Legal Briefs (Extra Tricky!)
- #262: Impulse Buy
- #261: Infinity Pool
- #260: Pips to the Post
- #259: Left Winger
- #258: Plot Maps
- #257: Lies and Statistics
- #256: Devil's Drink
- #255: Special Forces
- #254: Sunshine and Roses
- #253: Breakneck Speed
- #252: Numbers Game
- OUTTAKE 28: General Knowledge 13 "Unbeatable Enemies"
- #251: Source Code
- #250: Stark Raving
- #249: Drink Dry
- #248: Fruit Salad
- #247: Neverending Story
- #246: Unrequited Love
- #245: Fashion Forward
- #244: Transport Infrastructure
- #243: Smooth Feathers
- #242: Musical Arts
- #241: Freedom Fighter
- #240: Magical Realms
- OUTTAKE 27: General Knowledge 12 "Ordered by Surname"
- #239: Scotch Egg
- #238: Peninsular War
- #237: Paradise Lost
- #236: Play Conkers?
- #235: Gun Runner
- #234: Flat Key
- OUTTAKE 26: General Knowledge 11 "Treasure Hunt"
- #233: Canal Boat
- #232: Stoke Flames
- #231: Running Clothes
- #230: Hurdles Event
- #229: Beatlemania
- #228: Silly and Sweet
- #227: Flight of Fancy
- #226: Bio Tech
- #225: Gunboat Diplomacy
- #224: Petit Fours
- #223: Number Three
- #222: Hot Outlaw
- #221: Shot Put
- OUTTAKE 25: Packing Crates 4
- #220: Break Bread
- OUTTAKE 24: Spiral Puzzle "Jewel Thief"
- #219: Invisible Ink
- #218: Social Graces
- #217: Strike Gold
- #216: Cheap Trick
- #215: Troublemaker
- #214: Golf Clap
- OUTTAKE 23: General Knowledge 10 "Adventure Games"
- #213: Yes or No?
- #212: Spin Doctor
2023
- #211: Merry Christmas
- #210: Pirate Ninjas
- #209: Self Checkout
- #208: Running Joke
- #207: Clothes Peg
- #206: American Film
- #205: Fair-weather Friend
- #204: Cocktail Lounge
- #203: Sugar-Dusted
- #202: Manipulative Mephistopheles
- OUTTAKE 22: General Knowledge 9 "Construction Site"
- #201: Boss Music
- #200: Alien Sun
- #199: Casual Air
- #198: Trendy Pedestrian
- #197: Dawn Chorus
- #196: Chocolate Ice-Cream
- #195: Trap Street
- OUTTAKE 21: General Knowledge 8 "Creative Enjambment"
- #194: Inertial Confinement
- #193: Own Goal
- #192: Hidden Jokes
- #191: Iron Bars
- OUTTAKE 20: General Knowledge 7 "Cowboy Music"
- #190: Monetary Contribution
- #189: Worthless Greenbacks
- #188: Antique Land
- #187: Monkey's Paw
- #186: Diplomatic Immunity
- #185: Court Disaster
- #184: Fast Track
- #183: Escape Blame
- #182: Speakeasy Music
- #181: Buy Time
- #180: Spare Change
- #179: Secret Sauce
- #178: Inside Job
- #177: Buffoonish Smugglers
- OUTTAKE 19: General Knowledge 6 "Garden Rocket"
- #176: Blackout Poetry
- #175: Shot in the Dark
- #174: Rabble Rousing
- #173: Mother Goose
- #172: Smoke and Mirrors
- #171: Ad Infinitum
- #170: Free Swimming
- #169: Devil's Work
- #168: Too Many Cooks
- #167: Spider Orchid
- #166: Half Baked
- #165: Quixotic Smorgasbord
- #164: Main Characters
- #163: Battered Fish
- #162: Diminished Fifth
- #161: Cold War Chaos
- #160: Clear Cut
2022
- #159: Santa Claus
- #158: Animal Familiar
- #157: Vegetable Pizza
- #156: Concert Setlist
- #155: Privy Chambers
- #154: Keep Score
- #153: Rogue Planets
- #152: Lose the Plot
- #151: Flower Power
- #150: Pay Disrespect
- #149: Golden Goose
- #148: Esprit de l'Escalier
- OUTTAKE 18: General Knowledge "Shooting Stars"
- #147: Inside Men
- #146: Nuclear Option
- #145: Haphazard Spartans
- #144: Rigging Elections
- #143: Levantine Mythology
- #142: Psychic Medium
- #141: Paris Fashion
- #140: (Ir)reconcilable Differences
- #139: Caped Crusader
- #138: Drive-Thru Dinner
- #137: What Nonsense!
- OUTTAKE 17: Printer's Devilry "Underground Spaceflight"
- #136: Cruise Control
- OUTTAKE 16: General Knowledge 4 "Ninety One"
- #135: Dungeons & Dragons
- #134: Catching Flak
- #133: Custom Claymore
- #132: Bullets Flying
- #131: Battlefield Knowledge
- OUTTAKE 15: General Knowledge 3 "Space Travel"
- #130: Frozen River
- #129: Slippery Creatures
- #128: Eleven Eleven
- #127: Chacun à son Goût
- OUTTAKE 14: Novelty Cryptic "Raw Deal"
- #126: Strange Bedfellows
- #125: Better Safe
- #124: Impoverished Gentry
- #123: Pole Arm
- #122: Looking Daggers
- #121: Ragtime Music
- #120: Pagan Religion
- OUTTAKE 13: General Knowledge 2 "Revolutionary War"
- OUTTAKE 12: American-Style 1 "Daylight Robbery"
- #119: March Hares
- #118: Bad Guys
- #117: From Dusk Till Dawn
- #116: University of Lincoln
- #115: Hell on Wheels
- #114: Cold, Hard Cash
- #113: Consanguineous Marriage
- #112: Byzantine Chant
- #111: Double Definition
- #110: Prepare for the Worst
- #109: Justice League
- OUTTAKE 11: Spiral Puzzle 'NAME HERE'
- #108: Mirror, Mirror
2021
- #107: Captain, My Captain
- OUTTAKE 10: General Knowledge 1 "Cook the Books"
- #106: Christmas Magic
- #105: Piratical Cutlass
- #104: Capsula Cacaoticorum (Box of Chocolates)
- #103: Cup Final
- #102: Autochthonous Animals
- #101: Star Crossed
- #100: Grand Scheme
- #99: Outlawed Maths
- #98: Star of Bethlehem
- #97: Hothouse Flowers
- #96: Christmas Card
- OUTTAKE 9: Packing Crates 3 "Chemical Wit"
- #95: American Exceptionalism
- #94: Dead Space
- #93: Death in Every Direction
- #92: Pointless Meddling
- #91: Naval Gazing
- #90: Irish Monastery
- #89: Brazil Nuts
- #88: Godfather Flock
- #87: Green Knight
- #86: Notable People?
- #85: Neighbourhood Superhero
- #84: Arthur and Merlin
- #83: No Wonder!
- #82: Money to Burn
- #81: Missionary Position
- COLLAB 2: Movie Stars
- OUTTAKE 8: Spiral Puzzle 'Undertale & Minecraft'
- #80: Forest Fire
- #79: Alphabet Mafia
- #78: Fire Escape
- #77: False Impression
- #76: Stark Mad
- OUTTAKE 7: Packing Crates 2 'Clock Tower'
- #75: Executive Propaganda
- #74: (In)visible Capitalism
- #73: Godly Family
- #72: New York Odyssey
- #71: Pease Pudding
- #70: Famous Last Words
- #69: Seven-Course Meal
- #68: Atmospheric Pressure
- #67: Flint and Steel
- #66: Red Hood
- #65: Danish Pastries
- #64: Epson Salts
- OUTTAKE 6: Spiral Puzzle 2 "Unfortunate Crocheting"
- #63: Saltwater Symphony
- OUTTAKE 5: Spiral puzzle 'Funny and Handsome'
- #62: Holey Devil
- #61: Black Beauty
- #60: Reflection and Refraction
- #59: Pandora's Talks
- #58: LOL JK
- #57: Vegetable Vegetable
- #56: Christian Charity
- #55: Rome, Italy
- #54: Adventure Novels
- #53: Extra Cool
- #52: Fish Stew
- OUTTAKE 4: Crate Packing "Mayor Cooper"
- #51: Black Hole
- #50: Shrinking Violet
- #49: Salad Days
- #48: Folk Stories
- OUTTAKE 3: Junimoji "Dead Lift"
- #47: Improper Fraction
- #46: Pilot Fish
- #45: Redacted Reverend
- #44: Significant Figures
- #43: Brute Force
- #42: Sleeping Pills
- #41: Law Suit
- #40: Foster Child
- #39: Indiana Sky
- #38: Junk Bond
- OUTTAKE 2: SudoCross
- #37: Chocolate Shoes
- #36: Charming Deception
- #35: Look at the Letters II
2020
- #34: Jordan Memories
- #33: Persian Tiger
- #32: Snowy Festivities
- OUTTAKE 1: Seven by Five
- #31: Crown Prince
- #30: Manhattan Orchestra
- COLLAB #1: Sunday Solve?
- #29: Superlatively Discombobulate
- #28: Toad Stick
- #27: Top Dollar
- #26: Circus Tent
- #25: Regrettable Comments
- #24: Raising Puppies
- #23: Glass Portals
- #22: Bit Flips
- #21: Mocking Pastry
- #20: Final Remarks
- #19: Record Dreaming
- #18: River Time
- #17: Fiery Unrest
- #16: Greek Philospher
- #15: Orbital Dancing
- Note to the Interested Reader
- #14: Spicy Relations
- #13: Crossing Threshold
- #12: Communist Utopia
- #11: Malaysian Land
- #10: Look at the Letters
- #9: Unorthodox Sandwiches
- #8: Middle Square
- #7: Anonymous Introduction
- #6: Ink Cloth
- #5: Royal Flush
- #4: Friends and Enemies
- #3: Divine Element
- #2: Flat Earth
- #1: Spinnerette
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