Today’s FT puzzle is set by Peto.
Month: May 2019
Financial Times 16,164 by Rosa Klebb
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 11, 2019
Financial Times 16,173 by GAFF
I enjoyed this. Thank you Gaff.
Guardian Cryptic 27,827 by Crucible
A fun solve – I got into it quickly and then got a bit stuck on the left side. Favourites were 4ac, 25ac, 3dn and 6dn. Thanks to Crucible.
Independent 10,173 / Gila
Gila has filled the Wednesday slot this week, with a puzzle that reminds me of the many puzzles by Dac which appeared in the same Wednesday slot in the past. The reason for … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1594: Milpar by Ifor
A non-word title and a long complex rubric. I feared I was in for a long haul. Solvers must attempt to divide the clues to find two groups. In one group, whose answers … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,172 by SLORMGORM
Tough stuff for a Tuesday, I thought.
Independent 10172 / Radian
Radian is a regular Tuesday setter in the Independent series I know from experience that Radian has a tendency to put words in the grid that are drawn from speeches … Read more >>
Guardian 27,826 – Pasquale
I made slow but (fairly) steady progress with this, with some tricky parsings and, as expected from this setter, a few answers that are on the obscure side. Thanks to Pasquale … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,171 by ARMONIE
Nice easy start to Monday from Armonie.
Independent 10,171 by Tees
Witty entertainment from Tees. A few obscure words and names, but clearly clued.
Guardian Cryptic 27,825 by Vulcan
A puzzle for those of you who want a gentle start to the week.
Guardian Quiptic 1,018/Anto
The last Anto I blogged was an okay Quiptic, but this was, in my view, back to the bad old days when the feedback in the comments section on this setter’s offerings was … Read more >>
Everyman 3,787
The Observer crossword from May 12, 2019
The good news is that this crossword had a similar feel as recent Everyman crosswords and, therefore, it looks like some consistency has set in.
A doable puzzle with quite a few anagrams to make life easier for beginning solvers.
Independent on Sunday 1,525/Loglady
I wasn’t sure I had blogged a Loglady puzzle before, so I checked the archive and found that I had, a while ago. I wrote in that blog that I enjoyed it, and … Read more >>