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Monday Prize Crossword/24 Oct After last week’s Monday Prize Crossword (a smoothie by Armonie, which unfortunately didn’t call for many comments), we return to a familiar area with this Dante puzzle . I found this a … Read more >>

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 >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 10 A gentle puzzle from Mr Natural.  🙂 Nothing to worry about, just a nice starter of the week. Some familiar words (like CHAIRMAN which was similarly clued in the Guardian … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 3 Before I tackle a crossword I always have a first run through the clues. Not to try and find already some solutions but to see whether the surfaces look … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 26 Another Monday, another Dante. Did I enjoy it? Yes, I did. Because I like the way Dante (just like his friend Rufus) uses the English language. As a non-Brit, … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 19 An elegant puzzle by Falcon, the FT’s very own Everyman. Yes, most of us (including me) would perhaps call this an easy ride but when a crossword is so … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 12 Are there any other average solvers out there who thought this Dante crossword was somewhat harder than usual? If not, then it is obviously my problem. I could only … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sept 5 A very enjoyable crossword by Crux who is mostly clever (eg 8d) and inventive (eg 20ac) but at times also chestnutty (like in 13ac or 5d).  Plus that I think what happens … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 29 I am pretty sure that Bryan will qualify this crossword as ‘very enjoyable’. And if so, I fully agree with him. Not as many cryptic definitions as on some other … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 22 After two consecutive Dantes we were likely to have a Crux this time. I know (therefore admit) that I was a bit critical about his recent offerings, but here … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 15 Two Dante puzzles in a row, but I am not one who is going to complain about that . Just like last week, please keep in mind that I cannot respond to … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 8 In a day and age that not everyone seems to appreciate Dante, I can only say that I liked this crossword very much. Despite the fact that Dante copied … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 1 Maybe it’s just me (or perhaps the mood I was in whilst solving this crossword), but I thought this  Crux puzzle  wasn’t the easiest of Monday Prize Crosswords. Across … Read more >>