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Financial Times 15,180 by BRADMAN

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A gentle puzzle from Bradman, much like others from him in the past. I felt the clues were mostly straightforward except a couple that seemed to be slightly out of sync with the rest of the puzzle. Thanks Bradman for a genial workout.

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Financial Times 15,174 by GOLIATH

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I felt smaller than David in attacking this challenge from Goliath. I managed to get there in the end, but the parsing for a couple of clues evaded me, for which I turned to Gaufrid for help. Thanks Goliath, for raising crossword hell.

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Financial Times 15,156 by WANDERER

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Yet another riveting challenge from Wanderer to bring a neat close to the FT work week. I enjoyed this solve thoroughly and hope others had a similar experience. Thanks to Wanderer!! I do have a bit of a struggle in being fully convinced about my parsing for 20ac, 26ac and 17dn so if anybody can improve upon it, much appreciated.

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Financial Times 15,150 by BRADMAN

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I thought the puzzle today was on the tougher end of the Bradman spectrum. Nevertheless, it was an entertaining puzzle with a healthy mix of straight fixes, flirtatiously cryptic and the odd seemingly inscrutable clue. I did have a couple of quibbles which I have highlighted in the solve. Overall, a pleasant experience and a much deserved thanks to the Don.

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Financial Times 15,144 by FALCON

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Falcon is always a welcome setter on Fridays, with his genial offering of puzzles proving to be a not too taxing solve. If I had to pick a quibble, it is that 29 ac wasnt really cryptic in my opinion.

Personally, I doubt there will be one more blog like this, seeing how I am writing this from a labour ward.

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Financial Times 15,138 by WANDERER

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As Smeagol would have said, this one from Wanderer was tricksy !! 🙂 Thanks Wanderer for a wonderful humbling experience. The frustration  when it came to parsing some of the clues was only surpassed by the delight I felt when I finally did. Especially 1ac.

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Financial Times 15132 by ALBERICH

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Happy New Year everybody!! Its good to be back after a three week hiatus since both Christmas and New Year’s fell on Fridays. We have Alberich in the house, for the first FT Friday crossword in 2016 and true to his style, he gives us a smooth, intriguing challenge that was just within reach in terms of solving, and a touch out of reach (annoyingly so) in terms of parsing! 🙂 Several clues were refreshingly new (atleast to me) and as I solved them, made me upbeat about the rest of the year to follow. And of course, thanks to Neil !!

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Financial Times 15117 by ORENSE

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An easy (mostly!) offering from Orense, thanks to whom for bringing the work week to a gentle close for FT solvers. Smooth cluing with just that little bit of annoyingly frustrating clues that kept me away from a speeder finish.

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Financial Times 15111 by CINCINNUS

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A rarely seen setter on a Friday, Cincinnus gives us a straightforward challenge with just a touch of some unusual words to keep things interesting. Clean, unambiguous cluing meant that the parsing was a breeze. 14ac and 30ac were new words for me, both of which were “getable” from the clue.

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Financial Times 15105 by GOLIATH

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I loved this puzzle from Goliath. My past attempts at solving his grids hadnt been encouraging so it was with some dread that I got to this one. I got to the theme pretty quickly and then it was smooth sailing from there on. Had to look up an alternative meaning for one of the clues (…) . All in all, a fine treat from a fine setter.

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