Widdersbel

Regular blogger for the FT Sunday News and World puzzles. I've been interested in all kinds of puzzles from an early age but didn't become a regular cryptic crossword solver until the early 2000s, when the Guardian cryptic was a way to help pass the long daily train commute. In 2008, searching the internet for assistance with a tricky puzzle, I came across fifteensquared. Learnt a lot from the blogs over the following years and eventually became a competent solver. Joined the blogging crew in 2023 - also made my debut the same year as a setter in the Indy under the alias Salty.

Financial Times Sunday 100 – World by Gozo

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The FT’s Sunday series reaches a landmark with its 100th puzzle, which as ever can be found to solve online or download and print at ft.com/crossword. For those unfamiliar with the geographically-themed World puzzle, which appears regularly on the first Sunday of every month, I would recommend this one from Gozo as a very enjoyable entry point…

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