A relatively straightforward puzzle by Cinephile standards with only a couple of clues giving pause for thought …..
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Financial Times 13,331 / Alberich
I covered Alberich’s first FT puzzle eighteen months ago and my opening comment was “I don’t think I have ever completed an FT quite so quickly, the answers just seemed to enter themselves”. … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,324 / Cinephile
The preamble states that five answers have something in common but by my count it could be six. These are: Little Red Riding Hood (2,3dn) and wolf (6dn) Pied Piper (8dn) and rats … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,323 / Jason
One could say this was a gift of a puzzle because by and large most answers were easily obtainable, though I have minor reservations about 7, 18, 19 and 23dn. The parsing for 14dn … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 902 – Alternative Outcome by kcit
The preamble seemed quite straightforward, no extra letters etc in the wordplay just the possible modification of six across answers and twelve down ones before entering them in the grid. I started with … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,318 / Gozo
A pleasant, gentle stroll today with nothing too 13ing, but I think there is an error in one of the clues (20dn) unless my parsing is incorrect. It became clear quite quickly that … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,312 / Dogberry
Overall I didn’t think this was as difficult as some Dogberry puzzles. It seemed to be something of a mixture, some very easy clues, some more tricky ones, some good surfaces and some … Read more >>
New Guardian Website
For those of you who have tried to print today’s puzzle and have just got a grey block where the grid should be there is a solution. You need to set your browser so … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,306 / Cinephile
Yesterday it was P (in the Guardian), today it is O for a word having the same meaning wherever it appears in the clues. After the party we have the opera (usually it … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 899 – Transported by Charybdis
It’s been the pantomime season and so here was a topical puzzle from Charybdis, with a neat little twist at the end. Some of the clues were rather tricky, even by EV standards, … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,300 / Aardvark
I’m sorry to say that I found this puzzle rather uninspiring, though that may just be me. Some of the surfaces seemed contrived, or made little sense, and the nature of the wordplay meant … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,294 / Cinephile
An enjoyable solve today. We were told that the answers to asterisked clues had something in common. Fortunately I had come across 13dn in a previous puzzle otherwise I might have had a … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,288 / IO
I’m not quite sure what to say about this one. I found it hard in places and very easy elsewhere. Some answers were obvious from the enumeration and a few took a while … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 896 – Three Letters by Loda
A fairly gentle, but enjoyable, start to the EV new year from Loda, though it is a good job that a full copy of ‘The Bridal of Triermain’ is available on-line because, not … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,282 / Aardvark
Tricky in places today, particularly the SE corner where there was a less than familiar answer (19dn) and part of the wordplay (idle in 20dn). Fortunately I knew the latter but both answers … Read more >>