Today’s FT puzzle can be found here.
Month: December 2017
Financial Times 15,723 – Falcon
Monday Prize Crossword / Dec 4, 2017
Falcon gave us perhaps the easiest puzzle of the FT week (as intended) but very well written it was.
Financial Times 15,722 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 2, 2017
Guardian Cryptic 27,379 by Boatman
Found this quite uneven in difficulty, with a few going straight in and the rest taking much, much longer. Not too much of a spoiler to say that there was a theme in the clues. Favourites were 23ac, 1dn, 13dn, and 16dn. Thanks to Boatman.
Financial Times 15,731 by FLIMSY
I enjoyed this. I would cite this is a great example of how to write a traditional puzzle yet keep it fresh and interesting. Thanks Flimsy.
Independent 9725 / Hoskins
Yet another Hoskins greets us today! We found this to be at the easier end of the Hoskins scale, but what a pleasure to solve! Plenty of time to marvel at the … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1519: Space Invaders by Shark
Space Invaders by Shark The unclued 1ac hints at why only one of the barred-off corners should be filled in. Clashes in the grid must be resolved to form a relevant three-word phrase; … Read more >>
Independent 9,724 / Alchemi
Alchemi has compiled today’s puzzle for our enjoyment, and enjoyment it did indeed provide. I found this to be towards the easy end of the Indy difficulty spectrum, with clues that proved relatively … Read more >>
Guardian 27,378 – Puck
Puckish fun for a frosty Tuesday morning.
Financial Times 15,730 by JASON
Thanks to Jason for some nice, multi-part clueing, some ingenuity and a pleasing solve except for one clue, which I think is plain wrong.
Independent 9723 / Vigo
It would appear, that for some reason, the scheduled blogger has not been able to be with us today, so here instead is an analysis of the clues. . Across 1 Evil women … Read more >>
Quiptic 943 by Pan
Pan’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
Guardian Cryptic 27,377 by Rufus
Typical Rufus fare…
Private Eye (Cyclops / 613) Super Wealthy Crescendo
Unusually for Cyclops here was a puzzle with a bit of a hidden theme. Several financial terms crop up as answers. Surely too many for coincidence. Especially with the longest and central answer … Read more >>
AZED 2,373
A plain puzzle with a 13 x 11 grid for this month’s competiton. No doubt Azed will delight us with something more complex for the Christmas special later this month.