Month: October 2011

Financial Times no.13,835 by SLEUTH

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An uneventful morning’s work, this one (the sole novelty being that, due to an apparent FT famine in north Leeds, I had to print the puzzle off and, disorientingly, solve it on white … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,826 – Armonie

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Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 17 Time for a change: Armonie taking the Monday spot in the FT. On many occasions ‘over there’ (ie the Guardian blog) posters made clear that Chifonie (Armonie’s alter ego) … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,825 by Mudd

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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 15 I found this puzzle a bit hard overall and the top-left quadrant especially tricky. My top clues are 10A (NOVELIST) and 8D (BASTINADO), and … Read more >>

Financial Times 13,834 by Cinephile

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A varied crossword from Cinephile with a few liberties thrown in to spark the usual heated debate ( ‘heated debate’ on the FT blog being a post with more than 2 comments). I’m not sure if 4 down … Read more >>

Financial Times 13833 Gaff

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An entertaining puzzle from Gaff.  The theme subject was wide enough, though to be honest, it didn’t enter into my solving of it, as I took 11A literally as it was.  Almost on completion, … Read more >>

Independent 7807/Punk

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Possibly the weirdest solving experience I’ve ever had.  I blogged a Punk a couple of months ago, and really enjoyed it.  That one was pretty straightforward, but this one … well, tell me … Read more >>

Guardian 25,461 / Rufus

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A pleasant Rufus puzzle to start the week, with the expected succinctly elegant surfaces and touches of wry humour, with a liberal sprinkling of double definitions. There are a couple of old favourite … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1130

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A smooth and enjoyable ride this week   dd = double definition      ( )* = anagram      { } = omit      < = reverse   ACROSS 1 Start … Read more >>